Matcha Cupcakes. Soft and fluffy Matcha Green Tea Cupcakes topped with a white cloud of vanilla whipped cream taste just like a Matcha green tea Frappuccino! These cupcakes are delicate with just enough matcha. Matcha Green Tea Cupcakes with Matcha Green Tea Butter Frosting The Matcha Green Tea Powder in these cupcakes and frosting make these bake. Matcha mochi cupcakes aren't what you think. Traditional cupcakes and frosting have got nothing on these babies.

The #keystosuccess for these cupcakes are glutinous rice flour and matcha powder. Our Matcha Cupcakes with Irish Cream Frosting are easy to make, with just the right amount of fancy to wow your guests. If you're unfamiliar with Matcha. "I love matcha🍵. You can have Matcha Cupcakes using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Matcha Cupcakes

You need 125 g of Butter *softened.
You need 1/2 cup of Caster Sugar.
It's 2 of Eggs.
It's 1 of & 1/2 cups Self-Raising Flour.
It's 200 g of White Chocolate.
It's 1 tablespoon of Matcha Powder.
You need 1/2 cup of Milk.
Prepare of <Matcha White Chocolate Cream>.
You need 100 ml of Cream.
Prepare 1 teaspoon of Matcha Powder.

However, I understand that it is a premium ingredient, so feel free to add more or less matcha depending on the strength you prefer. I like mine strong with a bright green color😊. These vegan Matcha tea cupcakes bring a new meaning to the term "tea cake". If you are a tea aficionado, or not, you'll enjoy these cupcakes.

Matcha Cupcakes step by step

Preheat oven to 180°C. Line a 12-hole muffin pan with cases..
Beat softened Butter and Sugar until creamy. Add Eggs, one at a time, and beat well until light and fluffy..
Add the sifted Self-Raising Flour and Matcha Powder, and mix to combined, then add Milk and mix well..
Spoon the mixture into each case. Bake for 20 minutes or until cooked through. Leave in tins for 5 minutes before moving onto wire rack to cool..
Make Matcha White Chocolate Cream. Place White Chocolate and Cream in a large heat-proof bowl, and heat in the microwave for 30 to 60 seconds. Sift in Matcha and mix well until smooth. Then cool..
Use a whisk to beat the cooled mixture until creamy. *Note: You can add whipped extra 100ml Cream to the thickened Matcha White Chocolate Cream to make lighter and fluffy..
Decorate the cakes with the cream..

Matcha tea is a beautiful green tea powder from Japan. Matcha cupcakes are a trending flavour at the moment, matcha is ground green tea and we've also seen it being used in doughnuts, snow cones and green tea ice cream. The matcha cupcakes came out delicious. The creamy frosting was made with cream cheese, sugar and Enzo Matcha Green Tea. I loved the color of my cupcakes and the taste was incredible.