Matcha Cupcakes

Name: Matcha Cupcakes
Ingredients: FOR THE CAKE:; 2-1/2 cups Cake Flour; 1/2 teaspoons Salt; 1 teaspoon Baking Soda; 2 teaspoons Baking Powder; 1-1/2 cup Granulated Sugar; 2 whole Eggs; 1/2 cups Vegetable Oil; 1 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract; 1 cup Buttermilk; 3/4 cups Whole Milk; FOR THE MATCHA BUTTERCREAM:; 1 cup Salted Butter, Cubed, At Room Temperature; 3 cups Powdered Sugar; 2 Tablespoons Matcha Powder; 2 Tablespoons Milk

16 ingredients

7 steps

Ingredients

FOR THE CAKE:
2-1/2 cups Cake Flour
1/2 teaspoons Salt
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
2 teaspoons Baking Powder
1-1/2 cup Granulated Sugar
2 whole Eggs
1/2 cups Vegetable Oil
1 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract
1 cup Buttermilk
3/4 cups Whole Milk
FOR THE MATCHA BUTTERCREAM:
1 cup Salted Butter, Cubed, At Room Temperature
3 cups Powdered Sugar
2 Tablespoons Matcha Powder
2 Tablespoons Milk

Directions

1

Preheat the oven to 350 F. In a large bowl whisk together the cake flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder. Set aside.
2

In a medium-sized bowl whisk together the sugar, eggs, vegetable oil, and vanilla extract until smooth. Whisk in the buttermilk.
3

Gradually add the liquid ingredients to the flour mixture, whisking constantly until smooth. Whisk in the milk.
4

Evenly divide the batter among 24 standard sized muffin tin wells that have been lined with cupcake liners. Bake for 22-25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from oven. Let them cool. Make sure the cupcakes are completely cooled before you begin to frost the them.
5

Make the buttercream. In a mixing bowl using an electric mixer, whip the butter until light and fluffy, then gradually whisk in the sugar, about 1/2 cup at a time. Whisk in the matcha powder, then mix in about 1 tablespoon of milk. If it is a little too stiff, whip in the remaining milk.
6

Frost the cupcakes with a piping bag or spatula and spoon. To create the peaked top on the frosting, spoon/pipe a rounded mound of frosting in the center of the cupcake, then pat it with the back of a spoon to create a circle of frosting, then lift the spoon to create a peak.
7

Adapted from Magnolia Bakery and My Name is Yeh.