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A loaf of matcha banana bread sits on a marble slab with the end in slices and a green buttercream on top. It all sits on a lime green background with two cups of coffee below it.

Matcha Banana Bread with Russian Buttercream


  • Author: Keith Recker
  • Yield: Serves 810 1x

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:

  1. Preheat oven to 350. Butter a non-stick 8×4 loaf pan.
  2. In a bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking soda and matcha.
  3. In the bowl of a stand mixer let the paddle attachment mash your bananas for a minute or two.
  4. Add eggs, brown sugar, butter, and vanilla extract. Mix until combined.
  5. Add flour mixture a cup at a time, until well combined. Scrape after adding each cup.
  6. Fold in white chocolate chips.
  7. Pour batter into loaf pan. Bake for just shy of an hour.
  8. Test the loaf with a baking skewer. When it emerges cleanly from the loaf, remove from oven and let cool.
  9. When completely cool, remove from pan and frost with Russian buttercream.

For the frosting:

  1. Whip the butter for 8 minutes, scraping down the bowl of the stand mixer from time to time.
  2. Add matcha, vanilla extract, and a small pinch of salt. Whip until combined.
  3. Add condensed milk and whip for five minutes, scraping down the bowl from time to time.