Ingredients

  • 270 grams Bread (strong) flour
  • 30 grams Cake flour
  • 30 grams Sugar
  • 4 grams Salt
  • 30 grams Butter
  • 50 grams Heavy cream (or milk if you don't have cream)
  • 160 grams Milk and eggs
  • 4 grams Dry yeast
  • 5 grams A. Purple sweet potato powder (dissolve in 2 teaspoons of water)
  • 5 grams B. Matcha (dissolve in 2 teaspoons of water)

Method

  • Put the bread flour, cake flour, sugar, salt, butter, heavy cream, milk, eggs and dry yeast in the bread maker, and make a dough.
  • Let it knead (for about 20 minutes), and take out the dough and divide it into three.
  • Put the sweet potato powder and one dough piece in the bread maker, and let it work for about 5 minutes.
  • While the bread maker is operating, combine the matcha powder and another dough piece, and knead with your hands to mix the powder evenly.
  • If the dough is sticky, dust your hands with flour.
  • You have three colors of dough.
  • Shape the dough into smooth balls, and cover with a wet tea towel.
  • Let it rise.
  • The photo shows the dough after rising.
  • Let the dough rise for 15 minutes.
  • Stretch the dough into the log which is slightly longer than the length of the loaf pan.
  • Braid the dough together.
  • Place the dough into the pan, be careful not to change the shape.
  • The dough has same colour as dango ball skewers.
  • Let it rise again.
  • When the dough fills 80 - 90 % of the loaf pan, cover with the lid.
  • Bake for 30 minutes at 200C.
  • Remove the lid and drop the bread on a work surface to let the steam out.
  • It is fluffy and soft, so cool it down first then slice.
  • It's done.
  • All slices have different patters because of the braided dough.
  • This is easy to bake but looks gorgeous.
  • Also, this is good for a gift.