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