Green Tea Pound Cake

Recipe adapted from Happy Home Baking
Ingredients

• 120gm cake flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tbsp green tea powder
• 80gm sugar
• 100gm butter
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 40gm red bean paste

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180 deg celsius. Grease and line a 7x17x6.5ccm loaf pan. Sieve together flour, baking powder and green tea powder, set aside.
2. Cream butter and sugar until the mixture turns pale and fluffy.
3. Add in the eggs gradually, mix well after each addition.
4. Sieve over the flour mixture in 3 separate additions. Each time, gently fold with a spatula until flour mixture is fully incorporated into the batter.
5. Spread 1/3 of the batter evenly into loaf pan, spread a layer of red bean paste on the batter. Cover with 1/3 of the batter and spread another layer of red bean paste. Spread the remaining 1/3 of the batter. Smooth the batter evenly.
6. Bake for 40 mins or until the cake turns golden brown and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.