Green Tea Red Bean Cake

Green Tea Sponge Cake:

65 gm. egg yolks
20 gm. sugar
20 gm. ground almond
70 gm. cake flour
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
35 gm. melted butter
95 gm. egg white
100 gm. sugar
50 gm. milk
8 gm. green tea powder

Green Tea Cream:

8 gm. Green Tea Powder
15 gm. Orange liquer - Grand Marnier or Cointreau
150 gm. unsalted butter
120 gm. instant cutard powder
180 gm. cold water

Sweet red beans (canned)
Some grounded pistachio nuts

Method for sponge cake:

(1) Mix boil and green tea powder till smooth and bring it to just boil and off the heat. Let cool. Add in vanilla extract.
(2) Whisk egg yolks and 20 gm. sugar for about one minute then ad in the green tea milk mixture and stir till well combine for about 2 to 3 mins.
(3) Whisk egg white with 100 gm. sugar till stiff.
(4) Fold in egg white to the milk mixture and then add sifted cake flour and ground almonds. Continue folding then add in melted butter.
(5) Pour into a 10" x 14" rectangular tray and bake at 180C for about 15 to 20
mins. REmove cake from oven and leave to cool.
(6) For mousse: Combine the green tea powder and orange liquer in a bowl and mix.
(7) In a separate bowl, mix the instant custard with cold water and then leave aside.
(8) Cream unsalted butter until creamy then add in custard cream spoon by spoon with the machine one till finished.
(9) Divide the mixture into two portions, giving one of the portion slightly more then add in the green tea mixture leaving the lesser portion plain.
(10) Cut the sponge cake into 3 pieces lengthwise.
(11) Spread green tea cream on one piece of cake then top up with another piece of sponge cake.
(12) Spread the plain cream onto the second layer, sprinkle red beans to your desire then top up with the 3rd piece of sponge cake.
(13) Place the last piece of sponge on top and then spread the other green tea cream on top. Level smoothly then sprinkle some chopped pistachio. Spoon some red beans on top and decorate as desired.
(14) Chill the cake before slicing.

Note: For those who doesn't like the bitter taste, please do cut down the green tea powder in the mousse section and add some sifted icing sugar to your taste.