mini matcha green tea cupcakes.

Hello everyone! Welcome, August!
Wow... This year is flying by soo fast! Can't believe we have reached half of the year already.

Yesterday, the lovely Tina from The Happy Mail, London, sent me a sweet surprise! A box full of chocolate goodness! :)))))))

I've received some lovely colourful sprinkles, cute chocolate toppers and also mini Oreo chocolate donuts! The Happy Mail itself is an online shop - which creates and designs tailored gift packages for all occasions which are then delivered to your door or desk. There obviously doesn't have to be any specific occasion at all, they just wanna make it feel as though everyday is a celebration when these packages arrive. How sweet, aren't they!?! :)

Hmm... Today I'm cupcake-ing again! Who's craving for any yummy cupcake right now??

Baked Mini Matcha Green Tea Cupcakes! - basically classic vanilla & chocolate chip cupcakes swirled with Matcha (green tea) buttercream frosting and topped with colourful sprinkles and chocolate toppers from The Happy Mail.

Soooo delicious... and I had pretty much fun doing the photoshoot too. Everything looks so cute, colourful and lovely. Let's imagine this is a flower garden and I'm just a happy little girl who's playing around and having fun! :)

Matcha desserts are super addictive, and here's definitely one of them. You know already that I'm so into Matcha, also love their natural green colour. I love vanilla, love Matcha and always adore cupcakes in every way. So, this trio have turned out to be a great combination!

Some days, there's no better way than having homemade cupcakes on your table! So let's have a try guys... Here's one easy recipe to follow!

Making ca. 30 mini cupcakes.

For the cupcakes:

Ingredients:

195 grams all purpose flour

200 grams granulated white sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

113 grams unsalted butter, at room temperature, cut into small pieces

2 large eggs, room temperature

1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

120 ml sour cream or plain yoghurt, room temperature
100 grams chocolate chips

Directions:

1). Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C) and lightly butter or line ca. 30 mini baking cups with paper liners.

2). In a bowl of your electric mixer, or with a hand mixer, beat the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt until combined. 

3). Add the butter, eggs, vanilla extract and sour cream (or yoghurt). Beat the wet and dry ingredients together, at medium speed, until the batter is smooth and satiny, about 30-60 seconds. Scrap down the sides of the bowl as needed.
4). With a rubber spatula, carefully stir in the chocolate chips, mix well (remember not to over-mix!).

5). Evenly fill the baking cups with the batter and bake for about 10-15 minutes or until lightly browned and a toothpick inserted into a cupcake comes out clean. Remove from the oven and place on a wire rack to cool for at least 5 minutes before serving.

For the matcha frosting and assembling:

Ingredients:

226 grams unsalted butter, softened into room temperature

460 grams powdered or icing sugar

4 tablespoons milk

2 tablespoon Matcha (green tea) powder

sprinkles, chocolate toppers, etc (for decoration)

Directions:

1). In a bowl of an electric mixer or with a hand mixer, mix together the softened butter and icing sugar, blend well.

2). Add in the milk and matcha powder, beat until light and fluffy for about 3-4 minutes.

3). Spoon into a piping bag and frosting over each cupcake.
4). Sprinkle them with some colourful sprinkles and chocolate toppers, or with anything you fancy!.
5). Done and ready to serve!.

Enjoy! Hope you all like it too!

moist and delicious...!

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@lputriasih