Green Tea Tofu Mousse Cake
GREEN TEA TOFU MOUSSE CAKE
Light, yet creamy mousse cake with a strong hit of aromatic green tea flavor.
Green Tea Tofu Mousse Cake
(This recipe makes 8-inch cake)
Green Tea Mousse:
- 1/3 cup San Sui Silken Tofu, pureed (use about 1/2 block tofu)
- 1/4 cup Vitasoy Unsweetened Refrigerated Soymilk
- 5 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon gelatin
- 2 yolks
- 2 tablespoons green tea powder
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 1 tablespoon sugar
Crust:
- 1 3/4 cup tea biscuits
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
Green Tea Ganache
- 1/2 cup white chocolate
- 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons Vitasoy Unsweetened Refrigerated Soymilk
- 2 tablespoons green tea powder
- 1/4 teaspoon gelatin
Directions
- Line the sides of an 8-inch spring form pan with acetate. (Note: Acetate may be omitted.)
- Put biscuits in a zip lock bag and crush cookies into coarse pieces.
- Toss biscuits with butter and press into the bottom of the pan.
- In a small saucepan, bring soymilk and honey to a boil. Turn heat down to medium. Add in gelatin and stir till dissolved.
- In a bowl with the egg yolks, whisk in a little bit of the hot liquid to temper. Pour egg mixture back into the soymilk and cook on medium heat for 30 seconds to 1 minute or until mixture coats the back of a spoon. Strain mixture into a bowl. Set aside.
- Meanwhile, vigorously whisk 1/3 cup pureed tofu and green tea powder until there are no lumps.
- Pour tofu mixture into egg mixture and whisk until smooth. Set aside.
- In a mixer with the balloon whisk attachment, whip the whipping cream and sugar on high until stiff peaks.
- Gently fold whipped cream into the green tea mixture.
- Pour mixture on top of cookie crust. Smooth the top with a spatula until flat, making sure there are no gaps on the edges between the mousse and cake pan. Refrigerate for 4-5 hours or until mousse sets.
Green Tea Ganache:
- Melt white chocolate over a double boiler or in the microwave.
- Meanwhile in a small bowl, mix several tbsp. of the soymilk with the green tea powder and whisk until it is smooth.
- In a small saucepan, mix the rest of the soymilk, gelatin, and green tea mixture together. Heat mixture and stir until gelatin dissolves. Do not bring to a boil.
- Pour hot soymilk mixture over melted white chocolate and whisk till smooth and combined. If there are lumps, a strainer may be used.
- When the green tea mousse has set, pour ganache over cake and use a spatula to smooth the ganache over if necessary.
- Refrigerate for about 2 hours or until ganache sets.