Here is a mouth-watering one that is so tasty you

will keep on baking it! This is a moist and delicious green tea cake recipe.

This recipe is for a traditional Japanese Pound cake. It is so healthy and it is used as a common

favourite on many types of occasion.

Green Tea Pound Cake Ingredients

For this recipe, you will need:

• 2 large eggs

• 1 cup flour

• 2/3 cup sugar

• 1/2 cup butter

• 1 tbsp matcha (green tea powder)

• 1/2 tsp baking powder

Method

• In a large bowl combine together flour, baking powder and green tea powder and mix them with a wooden

paddle.

• Cream the Butter

• Soften the butter at room temperature. Mash it slightly with a fork so it's easier for to handle.

• Insert the mixer and turn it on high, then slowly add the sugar and continue mixing it until everything

is combined.

• Then gradually add beaten eggs until you get a mousse the consistency of a batter.

• Keep the mixer running and add your flour mixture to your butter-egg bowl. Continue mixing until the

batter is smooth.

• Preheat the oven to 340 degrees. Oil your loaf pan and pour the batter into it. Place your loaf pan in

the oven for 30-40 minutes.

• You will see that the pound cake is baked when the sides of it turn golden brown and pull away from

the pan.

• Take it out and cool for about 20 mins.

Serve it with a sprig of mint.

Matcha green tea powder is used in so many ways today - as a flavouring, in health foods from snack bars to

cereals, in confectionary and in cafes as a component of lattes, milkshakes and smoothies. This powder is

made from the green tea leaves of the Camellia Sinensis tea tree. It is stone ground and is kept in air-

tight containers. Studies have shown that matcha, or green tea powder, contains up to 13 times the

antioxidant EGCG (epigallatecatechin-gallate) that loose leaf green tea contains. It is these antioxidants

that are of tremendous benefit to our health.

When matcha powder is brewed, it is whisked in a small bowl with hot (not boiling) water until it becomes

frothy and thoroughly mixed. Because the leaves are directly drunk in powder form, instead of infusing the

water, the tea is so much higher in the antioxidants and vitamins than any other teas - green, herbal or

otherwise.

Listed below are some of the health benefits of matcha green tea:

Significant increase in energy

Improved mental alertness (from L-theanine)

Increased calmness and reduction of stress (from L-theanine)

Lowers blood pressure

Decrease in 'bad' cholesterol

Boosts metabollic rate by 35%-40%

Anti-aging activity (due to anitioxidants)

Cancer inhibiting activity (due to polyphenols and catechins)

Relieves constipation (aids absorption of dietary fiber)

Stabilizes blood sugar levels

Boosts immune system

Strong blood detoxifier (due to high chlorophyll content)

Your family doesn't have to drink green tea to enjoy its health benefits. Now you can use green tea in food

thanks to the powdered version, called Matcha. Have fun - I hope that you enjoy this recipe!