Green tea pound cake

 I spend most of my time in the kitchen ^^, lucky me that my new kitchen have a lot of space and I can do almost everything here.

Reading, drawing, cooking, baking or even having a small party I think that I can sleep here too, haha. This year I have a lot of party with my friends and family (start learning violin again gives me a chance to know a lot people ^^). 
It's fun but sometimes it drains my energy as we spent time eating, talking and too much laughing. I think about spending my time peacefully with myself, and you can guess what I want to do. Yes, baking something easy and delicious then eating it. Simple pound cake is great but with a touch of bitterness and great fragrance from green tea and sweetness from white chocolate this cake can give me happy time. White chocolate gives this cake good texture and mellow sweetness, lovely!
With great keeping quality you can pack it and give someone you love as a gift. Great with tea or coffee. Now I can sit and relax with delicious tea and yummy cake, sometimes you need slow, slow life ^^ .
Ps. Sweetened  boiled red beans is optional.

Green tea pound cake  

17.4x8cm small loaf 

100g .............................. Unsalted butter
100g ............................... Icing sugar
........................................ Pinch of salt
2 ..................................... Eggs (about 100g)
90g ................................. Cake flour
2/3tsp .............................. Baking powder
1tbsp ............................... Green tea powder (Matcha)
30g .................................. White chocolate
50g ..................................Sweetened  boiled red beans*

*Sweetened  boiled red beans is optional.

Preheat the oven to 170C
Line 17.4x8cm small loaf pan with baking paper.
Sift the flour, baking powder and green tea powder together.
Melt the white chocolate by put in a bowl and place the bowl over hot water bowl (don't let the bottom of the chocolate bowl touch the water), stir until melt and set aside.

 Beat the butter with pinch of salt until soft.
Pour the icing sugar into the bowl and beat until fluffy and light in colour.
Pour the eggs into the bowl and beat to combine.

 Pour half of the sifted flour mixture into the bowl, fold to combine.

 Pour the melted white chocolate into the bowl, fold to combine.

 Pour the rest of the flour mixture into the bowl, fold to combine.

 Put the Sweetened  boiled red beans, fold lightly.

Pour the batter into the prepared pan, smooth the top.
Bake for 50-60 minutes, or until toothpick insert in the center of the cake come out with few dry crumbs.
Let the cake cool into the pan 10 minutes, then remove from the pan and cool on a wire rack.

Green tea pound cake