Matcha Pound Cake
- 1/8 slice, about 218 kcal About 1745 kcal for the whole cake
- 110 grams Cake flour
- 10 grams Matcha
- 1/2 tsp Baking powder
- 100 grams Butter (unsalted)
- 100 grams Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 1 Ama-natto
- (Preparation) Bring the butter and eggs to room temperature.
- Sift the ingredients together.
- Pre-heat the oven to 340F/170C.
- In a bowl, whisk the butter and sugar until white, fluffy, and airy.
- Add the beaten eggs to the butter-sugar mixture in about 8 batches, mixing well between each addition.
- If you add it all at once it won't come together well and may separate.
- Add the sifted ingredients in about 2 batches, folding in with a rubber spatula each time until it's well incorporated.
- If you are putting in additions like ama-natto or boiled adzuki beans, add at this stage.
- I used 100 g of ama-natto.
- Line a pound cake mold with parchment paper.
- Add the batter and smooth out the surface.
- Drop the mold on the table several time to eliminate air bubbles.
- Bake for 40 to 45 minutes in a preheated oven.
- (If you make a slit in the top about 10 to 15 minutes into the baking time, it will split evenly.)
- If a bamboo skewer stuck in the middle comes out clean, the cake is done.
- Take it out of the mold and cool on a rack.
- When it has cooled down, wrap the cake in plastic wrap.
- The cake becomes moist and even better the next day onward.
- Store the cake at room temperature, and in the refrigerator during the summer.
- To freeze, cut into slices and wrap each slice in plastic wrap, then store in a bag.
- (Note 1) During the winter, if the butter remains hard and difficult to mix, you briefly microwave it to soften.
- Make sure it doesn't melt completely.
- (Note 2) If it looks like the surface is browning too fast while baking, cover with aluminum foil.
cake, flour, matcha, baking powder, butter, sugar, eggs
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/155711-matcha-pound-cake (may not work)