Ube Swirl Loaf

 

After eyeing the bread and you're thinking the amount of food coloring went into the making of this gorgeous loaf, you're in for surprise. Not a single food coloring used in the recepi instead i opted for the healthier option of dehydrated plant based powder. The credit goes to Japanese purple sweet potato powder which i bought recently. 

Eager to experiment with the vibrant colur of the powder, i baked a loaf of swirl purple sweet potato loaf for our weekend tea. I used premium purple sweet potato powder but, if you're using the non premium you might need to add more of the powder than stated in the recepi to give that awesome purple hue.

Dandelions are excited as much as me the moment the first slice revealed the interior of the loaf. The swirls turns out really well without patches which i'm very much keeping my fingers crossed. The sight of it reminds me of an artwork..artwork on a bread 😁

Ingredients

2 cups bread flour
2/3 cup whole milk 
1 1/2 tbsp granulated white sugar
1 tsp active yeast
Pinch of salt
2 tbsp butter

2-3 tsp premium purple sweet potato powder

Methods

In a large mixing bowl, combine flour,salt and sugar. Whisk to combine. Add the yeast and mix well. Add butter and milk, stir till combine.

Using a stand or hand mixer fitted with dough paddle, knead the dough for 10-12 minutes till soft and smooth.

Place the dough in a greased bowl cover with cling form. Rest the dough for an hour on warm place to rise.

Transfer the dough onto a clean working surface and divide the dough into two equal sized balls.

Add purple sweet potato powder to one of the dough and knead well till there's no a streak of white. Make sure the powder are well kneaded into the and the dough turns purple. Place the purple and plain dough into two separate greased bowls. Cover with kitchen towel and rest for 15 minutes.

Transfer the dough  onto a clean working surface dusted with flour. Punch the dough to remove air bubbles.

Start working with one portion of the dough at a time. Using a rolling pin, roll out the plain dough into a rectangle with half inch thick diameter. Keep aside.

Now, roll rhe purple sweet potato roll into a half inch thick diameter. Gently place the purple sweet potato dough on the plain dough and roll into log. Seal the edges. 

 Place on a greased loaf tin and cover the dough with clean kitchen towel and let it rise for another 30 minutes.

Brush the dough with milk and bake on preheated oven at 180'C for 30 minutes or till golden.

Remove from oven an cool on wire rack.

Slice and serve.