# Butter Mochi Cake

This is a recipe for a butter mochi cake with matcha swirls, based on the creator's mom's original recipe.

- Total time: 50 min
- Cuisine: Japanese
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 box mochiko
- rice flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 0.25 teaspoon salt
- 1.5 sticks butter
- 5 eggs
- 1.25 cups sugar
- 1 can coconut milk
- vanilla
- matcha powder
- chocolate chips

## Instructions

1. Add one box of mochiko to a glass bowl. If you only have half a box, supplement with rice flour.
2. Add 2 teaspoons of baking powder.
3. Add 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
4. Melt 1.5 sticks of butter in the microwave.
5. Crack 5 eggs into a separate glass bowl.
6. Whisk the eggs.
7. Add 1 and 1/4 cups of sugar to the eggs.
8. Open one can of coconut milk.
9. Pour the coconut milk into the egg and sugar mixture.
10. Add a little bit of vanilla to the wet ingredients.
11. Whisk the wet ingredients together.
12. Pour the melted butter into the wet ingredients and whisk.
13. Add the dry ingredients (mochiko, baking powder, salt) to the wet ingredients in two halves.
14. Gently mix the batter until combined.
15. Crumple parchment paper, wet it, and squeeze out all the water.
16. Line the baking dish with the wet parchment paper.
17. Take some of the mochi batter and put it into a separate small bowl.
18. Add matcha powder to the small bowl with some batter and mix until green.
19. Pour a layer of the plain mochi batter into the prepared baking dish.
20. Sprinkle chocolate chips over the first layer of batter.
21. Pour another layer of the plain mochi batter on top of the chocolate chips.
22. Add dollops of the matcha batter over the second layer of plain batter.
23. Take a bamboo stick and swirl the matcha batter into a spiral design.
24. Bake the mochi cake in the oven at 350°F (175°C) for 45-50 minutes.
25. Cut the cooled mochi cake into squares.

## Equipment

- glass bowl
- spoon
- whisk
- can opener
- baking dish
- parchment paper
- bamboo stick
- oven

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDdrBWgSAzF/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/4cb07d19-4d4e-4427-910c-8c73ca4a8e49
- Extracted: 2025-08-29

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