Wednesday, March 18, 2009

GREEN TEA AND BLUEBERRY CUPCAKES



























I DOUBLED THE RECIPE TO MAKE BOTH THE GREEN TEA AND BLUEBERRY CUPCAKES. FOR THE BLUEBERRY, SUBSTITUTE GREEN TEA TO FRESH OR FROZEN BLUEBERRIES, IN MY CASE I USED FRESH BLUEBERRIES.
GREEN TEA CUPCAKE

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1/2 pkg. (4 oz)Philadelphia cream cheese, softened
3 eggs
1 cup flour
1/2 T baking powder
1 t green tea powder (Matcha)
1/2 t. salt
1. Preheat oven to 350ºF. Beat butter in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed. Gradually add sugar, beating well after each addition. Beat an additional 5 min. or until very light and fluffy. Add cream cheese; beat 1 min. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
2. Combine flour, baking powder, green tea powder and salt. Add to butter mixture. Beat until well blended. Pour batter into cupcake molds with cupcake linings and bake for 30 minutes or when a clean toothpick is clean when inserted into the cake.
FROSTING:
2 C confectioners’ sugar
4 t green tea powder (matcha)
8 oz cream cheese, softened
5 T unsalted butter, softened
1 t vanilla extract
Sift together confectioners' sugar and green tea powder. Set aside. Mix and beat together cream cheese, butter and vanilla on medium speed for at least 5 minutes. Reduce speed to low and add sugar/green tea mixture gradually. Increase speed to medium and beat for 5 minutes or until all are incorporated. Frost with a piping bag.

10 comments:

  1. What a gorgeous cupcake and a fabulous flavor combo. Thanks!

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  2. Those green tea cupcakes look good. I like baking with green tea.

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  3. Hi, redmenace. The blueberry worked well w/ the matcha. Thanks for visiting my blog.

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  4. Hi, Kevin. This green tea baking is new to me. I still have some matcha left i'm thinking of making bread or cookies. Thanks for visiting my blog.

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  5. Your cupcakes are so fluffy! They look wonderful! Matcha is a lot of fun - I'm going to try making some ice cream with it this week.

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  6. these look so great and a great idea im half Filipino and im always looking for recipes for desserts to make but good ones are hard to find.

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  7. where can you buy green tea powder here in the philippines?

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  8. Hi, Matchalatte. I'm sorry i can't tell you where to buy them in the Philippines. But i'm guessing if you are in a big city like Manila or Cebu, i'd like to think that Rustans or any specialized grocery stores will carry them. Or any Japanese grocery store. I'm sure you can buy them online tho'.

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  9. I hope you can share where to buy the matcha powder..you can email it to me though ydrae19@yahoo.com

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