Light, tender and moist, chiffon cake is the kind of cake that almost everyone loves! I’ve been enjoying making chiffon-like desserts lately. The pumpkin chiffon tart, a light-weight version of classic pumpkin pie, was a very successful one over the past Thanksgiving. This time I decided to tackle a cake – matcha chiffon cake.

One of the most pleasing dessert flavor combinations is chocolate and green tea, I would say. Green tea is very lovable, and chocolate, oh who doesn’t like chocolate?! Wait, my 7-year-old son! He is the only kid I’ve ever come across who doesn’t like chocolate, in any forms. Candies, cupcakes, cake pops, ice cream… NO! NO CHOCOLATE! Except my lava cake, the one and only chocolate related food that he will eat. And of course no green tea. He hates it!

As a self-taught baker, I read a lot of cookbooks. Well, maybe just because of my genuine love for cookbooks, especially those pretty ones, I always hop over a cookbook instead of a cooking show or video. You Tube is just not my thing! Yeah, call me low-tech, old-school… I think I’m just a little nostalgic, maybe!

I first saw a vertical cake on Pinterest a while ago and pinned it. By the way, are you in love with Pinterest? I totally am! It’s inspirational, versatile, informative, well organized and beautiful! When I need an idea, my first source is Pinterest, a really gorgeous website to infinitely scroll through.