Matcha Cupcakes with Matcha Frosting
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Japanese
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Serves: 24 cupcakes
 
Ingredients
For the Cupcakes:
  • 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:
  1. Preheat oven to 350F.
  2. Cream butter at medium speed until soft, about 30 seconds.
  3. Add sugar. Beat on medium-high until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
  4. Add eggs and egg yolks one at a time, beating well between addition. Beat in vanilla.
  5. Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
  6. Mix matcha in with the milk.
  7. 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.
  8. Scoop batter into prepared into cupcake papers.
  9. Bake for 22-25 minutes until a cake tester comes out clean. Let cool.
For the Frosting:
  1. Mix matcha in with the milk to make a paste.
  2. Beat butter briefly.
  3. Add the sifted powdered sugar and matcha paste. Beat until smooth.
To Assemble:
  1. 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/