Talida Bakes

A huge thanks goes out to those who took the reader survey! I appreciate all the feedback you gave, and I will do my very best to implement your suggestions this year.

And now, the winner of the matcha giveaway is…….. Judy from Boston! Judy, I will email you to get your mailing address so I can send some matcha your way! I hope whatever you end up making with it turns out wonderfully!

Have a great weekend everyone!!

Today is the last day to enter the matcha giveaway by taking my reader survey! One reader will be chosen at random to receive two tins of my favorite brand of matcha.

Imagine all the possibilities with that much matcha! What would you make if you won? Here are some matcha recipes from the archives for inspiration.

Matcha Profiteroles

Matcha Icebox Cookies

Matcha Macarons

Matcha Cupcakes

Matcha Cheesecake

Don’t forget to take the survey to enter! The drawing closes tonight at 11:59PM PST.

Sunday marked 5 years for this site, and it’s the perfect time to ask for your feedback in the form of a survey! I want to grow and improve this site to make it a valuable resource for y’all, but I need your help in giving me honest and constructive feedback.

And to include a little incentive for you, I’m going to give 2 tins of my preferred brand of matcha, Maeda-En Culinary Quality Matcha, to one survey participant! The survey below will be open indefinitely, but you must submit the survey by Thursday, January 12, 11:59PM to be entered into the drawing. One entry per person.

[continue reading Reader Survey and Matcha Giveaway!]

When I start to bake with matcha, I keep going. I did a Matcha Month series a few years ago, and I continue to think up more ways to incorporate matcha into my baking. I wasn’t intending this month to be a repeat of that series, but after last week’s cake, I wanted to try again for a moist matcha cake.

[continue reading Matcha Loaf]

The matcha cake from the other day? Surprisingly good. Now, I don’t intentionally downplay my desserts, but there were a couple of things that made me nervous about this cake.

[continue reading Thoughts on Matcha Cake]