Lemon and Matcha Marble Pound Cake and Award

I remember seeing this recipe for the first time and thinking, wow that's a lot of eggs! So, I halved the recipe and ended up with a short cake. It was very pretty and my brother rated it a 9. I reduced the sugar from 260 grams to 220 I didn't want to risk the texture, but I knew that Von's pound cake had less sugar so it would be fine. Next time, I will try further reducing the sugar.

This cake is relatively simple to make, you don't even need a mixer! I just did everything by hand. The texture was really nice. I didn't have humongous holes, maybe that's because hand mixing makes it harder to get holes.

But I tend to have a problem with marbling cakes! I don't marble them enough because I'm scared of mixing the batters into one shade of color. :/

Lemon and Matcha Marble Pound Cake

Matcha Shortbread

After eyeing these cookies for quite a while, I finally made them on Christmas day. When I saw the recipe on Dodol & Mochi, I knew I wanted to make these cookies one day.

After a while, I inquired my mom to see if we had any green tea powder. She thought for a bit and said no. A few days later, when my mom picked me up from school, she surprised me by saying that she bought some green tea powder for me. I was ecstatic. My mom knows me so well and she always does so many things for me. I have come to take many things for granted, but now that I think about it, I'm so lucky to have such a great mom. Now that I mentioned my mom, it's only fair to mention my dad too. My dad is always so patient and hardworking. Thanks dad and mom!


The cookies were flaky. When you take a bite of it, the cookie gives in with such a nice feel. I don't really know how to describe them... But they also "melt" in your mouth. It's not too sweet and the green tea flavor is wonderful.

I didn't feel like taking out my hand mixer, so I hand mixed the dough. It took a long time to cream the butter and sugar together and then to get the matcha to evenly combine with the rich mixture, but after a while it all came together.

I took pictures of the process, but they disappeared somewhere.

Matcha Shortbread