Description
Decadent banana bread intertwined with white chocolate and topped with a Russian buttercream frosting.
Ingredients
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For the bread:
- 2 cups flour
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 3 tsp matcha powder
- 2 eggs, room temperature
- 4 ripe bananas
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup butter, melted
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup white chocolate chips
For the frosting:
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tsp matcha powder
- 14 oz condensed milk
Instructions
For the bread:
- Preheat oven to 350. Butter a non-stick 8×4 loaf pan.
- In a bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking soda and matcha.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer let the paddle attachment mash your bananas for a minute or two.
- Add eggs, brown sugar, butter, and vanilla extract. Mix until combined.
- Add flour mixture a cup at a time, until well combined. Scrape after adding each cup.
- Fold in white chocolate chips.
- Pour batter into loaf pan. Bake for just shy of an hour.
- Test the loaf with a baking skewer. When it emerges cleanly from the loaf, remove from oven and let cool.
- When completely cool, remove from pan and frost with Russian buttercream.
For the frosting:
- Whip the butter for 8 minutes, scraping down the bowl of the stand mixer from time to time.
- Add matcha, vanilla extract, and a small pinch of salt. Whip until combined.
- Add condensed milk and whip for five minutes, scraping down the bowl from time to time.