Bubble Tea Cake - Tea-Infused with Chewy Pearls

Attention, bubble tea lovers! I discovered a new world! Make bubble tea into cake, the perfect combination of chewy pearls and fragrant milk tea, you can't stop eating it!

What is bubble tea cake

Pearl milk tea cake is a creative dessert that combines traditional pearl milk tea and cake. The characteristic of this dessert is its unique taste layering, with soft cake at the bottom, sweet cream in the middle, and chewy pearls and milk tea sauce on the top.

I created it when I was exploring food fusion. Based on chiffon cake, I blended in the aroma of milk tea, and used black tea to boil milk to replace part of the liquid. The baked cake exudes a strong milk tea flavor. It is paired with Q-elastic pearls, which are boiled in brown sugar water. The combination has both the denseness of the cake and the sweetness of milk tea and the chewiness of pearls.

Ingredients Needed and Substitutions

Ingredients for the perfect bubble tea cake include:

Main ingredients:

Milk Tea: As the main flavor of the cake, it provides milk tea aroma and taste.

Pearls: Served has decoration for cakes and to enhance the taste, adding a unique chewy texture.

Cake Flour: As the main dry ingredient of cakes, it provides structure and texture.

Egg yolk: used in baking cakes to increase the yellow color and texture of the cake.

Ingredients:

Sugar: As a sweetener, it provides sweetness to the cake.

Lemon juice: used to increase the acidity of the cake and improve the taste.

Cream cheese and light cream: used to make cream cheese fillings for cakes, adding milky flavor and rich taste.

Alternatives:

Milk tea: can be replaced with black tea, green tea or other flavors of tea.

Pearls: can be replaced with jelly, fruit pieces or other decorations.

Low-gluten flour: Can be replaced with all-purpose flour, cake flour or multi-purpose flour.

Lemon juice: You can use lemon zest, lemon essence or other acidic seasonings instead.

Cream cheese: can be replaced with cream, fresh cream or milk powder.

Whipping cream: can be replaced with fresh cream, vegetable cream or coconut milk.

What is bubble tea made of?

The main ingredients of bubble tea include black tea, fresh milk (or creamer), sugar, and of course the iconic chewy pearls. Pearls are made from a mixture of tapioca flour (or potato starch, etc.) and brown sugar (or black sugar). When cooked, they become crystal clear, chewy little pearls.

When making milk tea, people usually use black tea bags to make the tea base, then add fresh milk or creamer and a proper amount of sugar to flavor it. If you want a richer taste, you can also add coconut, grass jelly, pudding and other ingredients.

The milk tea flavored cake is made with eggs, low-gluten flour, milk, corn oil and black tea bags. First, boil the milk and black tea bags to get the milk tea flavor, then use the milk tea to replace part of the milk in the recipe, then add other ingredients, and after beating the egg whites, mixing the batter, and baking, you can make a cake with a strong milk tea flavor.

Tips for Success

First of all, the production of pearls is very important. Pearls should be made of tapioca flour so that they have a chewy texture. When cooking pearls, cook them over medium heat and stir them constantly to avoid sticking. After cooking, rinse them with cold water so that the pearls will be more crystal clear.

Secondly, there are also skills in making the cake body. The batter should be stirred evenly, but avoid over-stirring to cause the batter to become glutenous. When baking, the temperature and time should be properly controlled so that the cake will be soft and delicious.

Finally, the preparation and matching of milk tea sauce cannot be ignored. The milk tea should be boiled to be rich and mellow, and then cream cheese and whipped cream should be added to make the taste richer and more delicate. When matching, make sure that the ratio of milk tea sauce to cake body and pearls is appropriate, so that every bite can taste the unique flavor of pearl milk tea.