Grease and flour a 20cm/8in springform cake tin. For the cake, crush the tea in a spice grinder or pestle and mortar until it is a fine powder. Melt the butter in a saucepan and stir in the tea.
Add the sifted green tea powder and mix until smooth. Add this back into the main cake batter and stir until just combined. Spoon one-half of the green tea batter into the prepared pan(s).
The cake needs several hours in the fridge to set ... vegetable shortening instead of cocoa butter. For the matcha (green tea powder), there’s no need to use the super-expensive ceremonial ...
Parkin cake is a traditional gingerbread cake notable for its distinctive sticky texture and warming spices, making it a popular treat during the colder months. The earliest references to parkin ...