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3 pieces of homemade matcha pound cake.
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5 from 3 votes

Easy Matcha Pound Cake (with Cream Cheese)

This Easy Matcha Pound Cake, made with cream cheese, is delicious on its own, no need to fuss with frosting or buttercream! Plus, it's made from 6 simple ingredients that you can find in most supermarkets.
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time1 hour 20 minutes
Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: Fusion, Japanese
Servings: 8 people
Calories: 581kcal
Author: Zen

Equipment

  • 1 sieve
  • 1 Stand mixer Whisk/ Paddle attachment

Ingredients

  • 2 Tablespoons matcha powder Use culinary grade. You can increase to 3 Tablespoons for more green tea flavor.
  • 2 Cup cake flour Sift with the matcha powder
  • 8 oz salted butter 226g. Substitute: unsalted butter + ¼ teaspoon of salt
  • 5.3 oz cream cheese 150g. Use full-fat
  • 1½ Cup white sugar Use granulated. Anything beyond 2 Cups is MUCH too sweet. (I've tested up to 3 Cups.)
  • 4 eggs Room temperature.

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 325 F (165 C/ 145C fan).
  • Butter a loaf pan or line it with parchment paper, as shown above.
  • Sift the matcha powder and flour, then stir till well-mixed in a large bowl.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer (paddle attachment or whisk attachment), beat the butter till creamy.
  • Then mix in the cream cheese till smooth.
  • Next, slowly beat in the sugar till the cake batter becomes light and fluffy.
  • Very slowly, add the eggs 1 at a time, mixing on low. (It's done in seconds.)
  • Slowly mix in the dry ingredients (flour-matcha mixture.) Fold in by hand, to prevent the batter from turning heavy and dense. (Or use the lowest speed on your mixer.)
  • Pour batter into the loaf pan. Bake in the pre-heated oven for about 80 minutes till a toothpick in the centre comes out clean. (You may need to cover with aluminium foil at the 40 minute mark, if the cake is over-browning.) It sometimes takes longer than 80 minutes- do not increase the temperature even if so!
  • Cool for at least 15 minutes before slicing and serving the delicious cake.

Notes

Tip: If you accidentally overmixed the matcha batter, let it relax for 10 minutes.
Note: the nutritional information is an estimate automatically calculated using the WPRM recipe maker and I am not responsible for its veracity.

Nutrition

Calories: 581kcal | Carbohydrates: 73g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 29g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 143mg | Sodium: 250mg | Potassium: 76mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 50g | Vitamin A: 1015IU | Calcium: 25mg | Iron: 1mg