1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
2 cups sugar
2 large eggs
2 large egg yolks
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
2 Tbsp matcha
For the Frosting:
½ cup butter, room temperature
2 Tbsp whole milk or cream
1 Tbsp matcha
½ tsp vanilla extract
3 cups powdered sugar, sifted
Instructions
For the Cupcakes:
Preheat oven to 350F.
Cream butter at medium speed until soft, about 30 seconds.
Add sugar. Beat on medium-high until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
Add eggs and egg yolks one at a time, beating well between addition. Beat in vanilla.
Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
Mix matcha in with the milk.
Add a third of the flour mixture to the batter. Mix well. Follow by a third of the matcha milk mixture. Mix well. Continue alternating dry and wet ingredients until everything is well incorporated.
Scoop batter into prepared into cupcake papers.
Bake for 22-25 minutes until a cake tester comes out clean. Let cool.
For the Frosting:
Mix matcha in with the milk to make a paste.
Beat butter briefly.
Add the sifted powdered sugar and matcha paste. Beat until smooth.
To Assemble:
Pipe or spread about ¼ cup of the matcha frosting onto each cupcake. Serve!
Recipe by Kiku Corner at https://www.kikucorner.com/2014/12/05/matcha-cupcakes-with-matcha-frosting/