Matcha Swirl Cheesecake
This cool and creamy cheesecake is accented with a swirl of verdant matcha. You’ll love the earthy green tea flavor with the sweetly spiced Graham cracker crust!
It’s once again time for Mystery Dish, and I couldn’t be happier to share this month’s recipe with you!
I tried a new-to-me ingredient and I loved it! I’m so happy our host Zainab (of Blahnik Baker) put this list together for us; it was just the push I needed to help me expand my horizons:
- Sesame seeds
- Green chiles
- Green tea or matcha powder
- Cardamom
- Ginger
- Feta cheese
- Lamb
- Pinto beans
- White wine
- Prickly pear cactus
- Apples
I was so pleased to cut a slice of this and find that it had that unmistakable light, cool, and creamy texture that we all so crave in a cheesecake, and the matcha swirl was such a pretty color and earthy flavor. If you like drinking green tea then you will love this cheesecake!
I found my matcha powder at the Asian grocery, but I think it’s probably pretty easy to obtain online as well.
You’ll want to scoop about 3/4 cup of your cheesecake batter into a small bowl, and stir in the matcha. The color is gorgeous! Then, just drop spoonfuls of the matcha batter all over the top of your cheesecake and swirl the colors together with a toothpick. Easy!
But the best part of this dessert is definitely the crust. I use cardamom from time to time, but I’ve never loved it as much as I did in this graham cracker crust. Oh man… the combination of brown sugar, graham, cinnamon, ginger, and cardamom is just so heavenly….!
And now for the fun part! Have a look at what all my Mystery Dish pals cooked up!
1. Green Chile Chicken Soup – Chez CateyLou
2. Crockpot Chicken Chilli Stew – Yummy Healthy Easy
3. Spiced Apple Crisp – I Want Crazy
4. Kale Salad with Sesame-Lime Dressing – The Pajama Chef
5. Spiced Mini Skillet Apple Crisp – Culinary Couture
6. Pan Seared Pork Chops with Spicy Apple Chutney – Flavor the Moments
7. Matcha Swirl Cheesecake – Baking a Moment
8. Green Chile Cheese Pinwheels – I Dig Pinterest.
9. Baked Apple Donuts with Cardamom Cream Cheese Glaze – Joyful Healthy Easy
10. Vegan Gluten-Free Ginger Walnut Apple Pie Bars – The Sweet-Tooth Life
11. Apple Feta Salad with Toasted Sesame Seeds – The Well Floured Kitchen
12. Apple Cardamon Crisp – Blahnik Baker
And please be sure to visit my good friend Mary Frances at The Sweet-Tooth Life; she was our guest blogger this month and didn’t she do an incredible job with her Vegan Gluten-Free Ginger Walnut Apple Pie Bars?
Hope you enjoyed, my friends! I’ll be back with another fun post on Friday!
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Matcha Swirl Cheesecake
Ingredients
- 9 whole graham crackers, (or 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs)
- 1/4 cup (55 g) brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
- 7 tablespoons (103.51 g) unsalted butter,, melted
- 16 ounces (453.59 g) cream cheese, (2 8-ounce blocks)
- 2/3 cup (133.33 g) sugar
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 3 eggs,, large
- 1 egg yolk,, large
- 3 tablespoons heavy cream
- 2 teaspoons matcha green tea powder
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F and lightly mist an 8-inch cake pan with non-stick spray. Line the bottom of the pan with a circle of parchment.
- Place the graham crackers, brown sugar, spices, and salt in the bowl of a food processor, and pulse until the graham crackers are finely processed.
- Transfer the mixture to a large bowl, add the melted butter, and stir to combine.
- Press the mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, sugar, and flour until fluffy.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, scraping the bottom and sides of the mixing bowl with a silicone spatula after each addition.
- Stir in the cream, then pour all but around ¾ cup of the batter over the graham cracker crust and into the prepared pan. Stir the matcha powder into the remaining batter and drop tablespoonfuls of it all over the surface. Swirl with a toothpick.
- Place the cheesecake pan in a larger pan, and fill with about an inch of hot water. Bake the cheesecake for 10 minutes, lower the heat to 200 degrees F, and bake for another hour, or until the edges are set and the center is just a little bit wobbly.
- Prop the oven door open with a wooden spoon, and allow the cheesecake to come to room temperature. Chill in the refrigerator overnight before flipping the cheesecake out of the pan and onto a serving dish.
It’s just so beautiful that I don’t know how I’d resist a slice. You rock with creativeness girl!
Pinned.
Happy Wednesday!
Happy Wednesday, Melanie! Thanks so much for the awesome compliment! Have a great night, my dear 😉
I have yet to try matcha. Love the color though, not sure what to expect in terms of taste.
Always loved cheesecakes for their versatility and your recipe proved it right one more time. Lovely pictures, pinned!
Thanks so much for the sweet compliment, and the pin too Oana! If you like the taste of green tea I think you will like this recipe too. It’s got that same earthy flavor, but it’s rounded out really nicely by the cream cheese and the spices in the crust. 😉
Lovely colors and beautiful presentation. Your photography is awesome 🙂
Aw thank you so much, Whisk and Shout! You are so sweet to say so!
I have to admit that I have never heard of matcha powder. However, your ability to take ingredients such as these and turn them into this beeeaautiful cheesecake does not surprise me a single bit! 🙂
Aw you are too kind, Tiffany! I had heard of it before but never tried it, so I was really excited to play around with the ingredient 😉
This is one of the prettiest cheesecakes I have ever seen Allie! I love that pale green swirl on top!
Thank you so much, Meghan! The color is totally what drew me in 😉
This dessert is gorgeous! I need to get me some matcha and try it out. I’ve never used it before. It was so great to meet you last weekend as well! Since we are so close together, we may have to plan an area blogger meet up some day!
Definitely! I’m so happy I had the opportunity to meet you, Mallory, after months of drooling over your gorgeous posts!
I love matcha and cannot wait to make this! P.S. Love the new look of the site!
Thank you so much Bee! This was my first time tasting matcha and I think it’s destined to become a favorite ingredient 😉
That looks so good. Love the flavour of matcha and the colour it provides
Oh I know! The color is amazing… Thanks so much for reading, Paul, and for the great feedback!
Allie this cheesecake is so gorgeous. You make the prettiest baked goods! It looks so creamy and delicious – I love the flavors you used!
Thank you so much Cate you are just the sweetest! xo
This cheesecake is gorgeous Allie! I love matcha green tea and those swirls are just perfect! It sounds amazing with the graham cracker crust with all those fall spices!
I was totally surprised by the spices! Honestly I would never have put this combo together, but it just worked! So happy you like it too, Kelly 😉
Those green swirls are just gorgeous, Allie! Beautiful cheesecake. 🙂
Thank you so much Marcie! The color totally sold me 😉
Allie, I love matcha green tea powder. . love that you made a cheesecake!! LOVE love love!! and beautiful photos!
Aw thanks hon! I loved the cheesecake but got a rejection from FG, lol! Oh well I’ll try again in a few days with another pic 😉
what a pretty cheesecake!
Thank you Sarah!
Oh my, that’s gorgeous! I wouldn’t have never thought of a matcha cheesecake, but yours looks fantastic.
Honestly I just wanted a dessert that would show off the color, lol! But the flavors really worked. Pleasant surprise! 😀
That looks so lovely. The green is just so beautiful. Gorgeous cheesecake!
I wish I remembered to use cardamom more often, because I’m always glad when I do. And I haven’t made anything with matcha but have eaten plenty and think it’s time I made the plunge with this cheesecake! It’s gorgeous and sounds delicious!
Thank you so much Jessica! I was really surprised by how well the cardamom and matcha got along 😉