My friend makes one small mention of Rachel Zoe this morning and here I am, shoulders deep into a Rachel Zoe Project marathon.

Shameless.

I keep telling myself that I’ll just watch one more episode… one more… then I’ll think of something to write on my blog.

Five hours later… here I am, alone in my house, wearing heels and my chunky sweater. I may or may not have just shopped for a furry vest online… and I’m so invested in Rachel getting pregnant, it’s ridiculous.

I need a Rodg… or a psychiatrist… or a bottle of vodka… or just someone to come turn off this program. I’m not sure.

Swoon.

In other news… I made this really beautiful cake.

I’m so happy with this little darling. It’s marbled, green, flavorful and delicate.

Dreamboat situation.

Matcha.

The lemon portion of this pound cake is pretty simple. Lemon. Juice and zest. We all know what that is. Bright and delicious.

What’s Matcha?

Matcha is a finely milled green tea. When combined with hot water, it creates the most beautifully green, super flavorful, luxurious green tea. It’s the whole tea leaf, ground super fine so you get all the goodness of green tea in a super powerful way. Fancy.

Matcha is used as a ceremonial tea so there are often fancy whisks and bowls to accompany the tea. I forgo those items and manage to make myself a beautiful cup of matcha with just the powder almost every morning.

Besides a nice morning cup of matcha (with milk and honey), the green powder is great in ice creams, custards and cakes.

Matcha is a really lovely ingredient in baking. Green secret weapon.

But! Matcha is a tad bit more expensive than regular old green tea.

I use The Art of Tea Matcha… it’s really lovely.

Splurge a little. I think you’ll really like it.

But maybe I’m just saying that because I really want you to make this cake.

I mean really… look how pretty this is!

The brightness of the lemon. The earthiness of the green tea. Eggs, butter and sugar. This cake is delicate and impressive. See, I just used food words.

But be prepared to get stray powder on your shoes and your jeans. And please pay no mind to the gravy stain I also have on my shoes.

That’s just embarrassing… but seriously, who doesn’t love gravy?

You get the idea, right?

I’m sorry to leave you like this… it’s just that I have a few more episodes of Zoe to go.