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Milk Tea Glaze

Photo of matcha strawberry and milk tea flavored gem cakes.
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Lillian Chou

This makes enough milk tea glaze for one full recipe of gem cakes; you can halve the recipe if you’d like an assortment of flavors.

Recipe information

  • Total Time

    5 minutes

  • Yield

    Makes 1–1½ cups

Ingredients

1⅔ cups (200 g) powdered sugar
¼ cup (scant) whole milk
3 Tbsp. plus 1 tsp. milk tea powder (such as Nitto)
Kosher salt

Preparation

  1. While the cakes cool, whisk powdered sugar, milk, milk tea powder, and a few pinches salt in a medium bowl until smooth. The consistency should be viscous but not overly thick; adjust with more powdered sugar or milk as needed.

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