Matcha Cupcakes with Green Tea Cream Cheese Frosting
Servings: 12 cupcakes
Calories:
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/4 tsp. baking soda
- 1 Tbsp. Enzo Matcha Green Tea
- pinch of salt
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup greek yogurt
Frosting
- 1 brick of cream cheese softened
- 2 - 3 Tbsp. Greek yogurt
- 2 Tsp. Enzo Matcha Green Tea
- 1 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
Cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 350 F and prepare muffin tin with 12 cupcake liners
- In a medium bowl mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, Matcha Green Teaand pinch of salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, using an electric mixer beat eggs with sugar for 3 minutes until creamy.
- Add the butter, vanilla extract and mix for 3 minutes. Add greek yogurt and blend well.
- In a low speed beat in the dry ingredients until just combined. Don't over-beat, otherwise cupcakes will be dry. You can also just use spatula instead of a mixer.
- Fill each cupcake liner full with 3/4 batter. Bake for 15 - 17 minutes or until the toothpick inserted will come out clean.
- Cool off completely before frosting.
Frosting
- With electric mixer beat the cream cheese with greek yogurt, Matcha Green Tea and powdered sugar until the frosting is light and fluffy.
- Pipe frosting onto cupcakes.
Nutrition
Serving: 12g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0g | Potassium: 0mg | Vitamin A: 0IU | Vitamin C: 0mg | Calcium: 0mg | Iron: 0mg
