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Healthy and moist Matcha Pound Cake made with green tea powder. This recipe yields buttery, sweet and the best green tea pound cake ever!
What Is Matcha
Matcha is finely ground powder of green tea leaves, a common ingredient in Asia countries, especially in Japan.
I love the subtle nuance of Matcha, the gorgeous jade color powder. It’s smooth as talcum and lends earthy aroma and flavor to cakes, desserts, cold iced drinks such as Matcha Latte, Matcha ice cream, and matcha cookies, etc.
Matcha Pound Cake
This Matcha green tea pound cake recipe is so easy to make and fail-proof.
It yields buttery, sweet, rich and absolutely delicious cake. If you love pound cake or butter cake, you must try this amazing recipe!
Recipe Ingredients
This homemade recipe calls for the following ingredients:
- Butter
- Sugar
- Eggs
- Cake flour
- Matcha powder
- Baking powder
- White chocolate
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients.
How To Make Moist Matcha Pound Cake
It’s very easy to bake this amazing cake. First, beat the butter and sugar until fluffy before adding the eggs.
Next, stir in the sifted cake flour, baking powder and Matcha powder.
The last step is to add melted white chocolate to the batter before baking. It’s that easy!
Frequently Asked Questions
This recipe is only 1811 calories per loaf.
What To Serve With Matcha Pound Cake
Serve the cake with coffee or tea. For an Asian-style afternoon tea, I recommend the following recipes.
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Matcha Pound Cake
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup cake flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 tablespoon Matcha powder
- 1 stick unsalted butter
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar , icing sugar
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1/4 cup white chocolate, melted and keep lukewarm
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 170°C (325°F). Grease and line one regular loaf pan with parchment paper
- In a medium bowl, combine the cake flour, baking powder, and Matcha powder. Sift the mixture and set aside
- Cream the butter with half of the sugar until the mixture is light and pale in color. Add the remaining sugar and mix well. Gradually add the beaten egg, beating until fluffy.
- Fold the sifted flour in batches until all ingredients are incorporated. Stir in the warm melted white chocolate and fold gently to combine.
- Transfer the batter to the loaf pan and smooth the top with a spatula.
- Bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean. Remove the cake from the oven, dust it with powdered sugar, slice, and serve warm.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
i tried making this, did not turn out well, I ended up with what looked like biscotti.the green tea was also very expensive. I may try it agin but will be making some changes.
Hi Susan, I wonder what went wrong…can you explain what you meant by biscotti?
it was flat only one inch high….
Sounds like your cake didn’t rise properly…
Can canned Adzuki Beans be used instead? If yes, do I still need the flour to dust the beans?
Hi. Can we replace the azuki beans with semi sweet Choco chips?
Sure!
Ooooh…this is just heavenly! I am a big fan of matcha too, and combine it with red azuki beans, and I am hooked!:-) Just love them both in drinks, and your pound cake looks and sounds divine! ^_^
Happy New Year 2014 to you and may you enjoy a fantastic year with awesome returns!:-D
Mmmm looks really good!! Is there a rice cooker version? :D I don’t have an oven ):
Can the Azuki beans be replaced by red beans (those we cook for dessert)?
Yes.
Hi Bee, are the beans sweetened? Can we use the sweetened red beans (in can)? The combination of matcha and azuki are certainly interesting. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
Can I go without the white chocolate?
The white chocolate is great with matcha or green tea. I’m not sure what is the outcome without it but can try. Perhaps replace with a little milk.
Where can i get the beans and the matsha green tea powder?
matcha!!! I love matcha, should try this out soon =)
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