Matcha Banana Bread

It's been nearly 8 months since I last blogged, I can't believe so much time has passed! >_< Yes, I have been a bit slack but this matcha banana bread recipe is going to totally make up for it.

In the past month, I have made several versions of The Baker Chick's banana bread and the general consensus at home was that the matcha version of it is the best one and I absolutely agree. Being me, I couldn't help but deviate from the recipe as usual but it's all good coz there are no complaints at home and my matcha banana bread is always demolished in under 24-48 hours (depending how many batches I make).

Keep reading to find out how to make this delicious recipe :)

Ingredients:
1/3 cup vegetable or canola oil
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
1.5 tbsp matcha green tea powder
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp bicarb soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup sour cream (a heaping cup of it)
4 very ripe bananas, mashed (medium-large sized ones)

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Grease or spray a 9 inch loaf pan, set aside.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together the oil and sugars. Add the eggs, one at a time and vanilla and whisk until it becomes a smooth mixture.
3. Add the bicarb soda, salt and matcha green tea powder into the mixture then gradually add the flour, stir to mix until just combined.
4. Fold in the bananas and sour cream.
5. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.
6. Cool until warm before serving.

Notes:
*If you prefer, you can use butter instead of oil.
*You can opt to not use sour cream in the mixture but I wouldn't recommend it. In saying that, I ran out of sour cream once so I added extra bananas instead and it still worked out pretty well.
*I used a cake tin instead of a loaf pan because I still didn't know where mine is, both yields the same result.
*If you want a stronger matcha flavour, use 2 tbsp instead.
*What brand of matcha green tea powder do I use? Kenko Tea's, of course :)

Let me know how you go with baking this matcha banana bread! Enjoy!