Bubble Tea Cake

“This bubble tea cake is pure joy with its milk tea sponge cake layers and of course brown sugar boba! You can taste the milk tea in every bite and those boba are just so fun to eat! I’d recommend a high-quality milk for this recipe such as Califia Farms Vanilla Oat Milk. It’s perfect for baking and I love having it with homemade bubble tea or smoothies!” says Anthea Cheng (Rainbow Nourishments).

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Prep Time 25

Cook Time 35

Course Dessert

Servings serves

Ingredients

Milk Tea

375 g Califia Farms Vanilla Oat milk
3-4 black teabags or black tea leaves, to taste

Cake

375 g plain flour
250 g sugar
3 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp baking soda
125 g liquid oil
180 g aquafaba brine from a can of chickpeas

Buttercream

225 g vegan butter, room temperature
300 - 400 g icing sugar, to taste
1 tsp vanilla extract

To Decorate

Black tapioca pearls, cooked to packet instructions

Instructions

Making the Tea

Heat the milk in a saucepan then remove from heat. Add the tea bags and infuse for 30 minutes
Remove the tea bags and squeeze out excess milk. Add more milk to the tea so it comes to 375g
Set aside 30g of the tea for the buttercream

Making the Cake

Mix the flour, 125g of sugar and raising agents in a large bowl. Add the cooled tea and oil. Mix until just combined
Preheat oven to 180C. Line 2 x 20cm cake pans with baking paper.
Whisk the aquafaba until soft peaks form. Gradually add the remaining sugar and whisk until firm peaks form.
Add ¼ of the aquafaba to the cake batter. Fold through.
Add the remaining aquafaba. Fold until combined.
Divide the batter between the cake pans
Bake for 30-35 minutes
Cool the cakes in their pans for 30 minutes then on a wire rack

Buttercream and Decorating

Beat the butter in a large bowl until pale. Add the sugar, reserved tea and vanilla. Beat until fluffy
To decorate, layer and frost the cake as desired. Top with tapioca pearls
The cake without the pearls can be refrigerated for 3 days. Consume the pearls before chilling

Notes

Anthea Cheng is a recipe creator and cookbook author specialising in plant-based desserts. Follow her Instagram here: @rainbownourishments For more details on Califia Farms visit: califiafarms.com.au or head to @califiafarmau

Keyword bubble tea cake, dessert

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Bubble Tea Cake