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Recipe of Super Quick Homemade Matcha and Red Bean Cupcakes with Matcha Buttercream Frosting

 ·  ☕ 5 min read  ·  ✍️ Jerome Mendez
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Matcha and Red Bean Cupcakes with Matcha Buttercream Frosting

Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, matcha and red bean cupcakes with matcha buttercream frosting. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

In a medium bowl, whisk together sugar, cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, matcha powder, and ground ginger, until well-combined. Whisk in the butter until you get a fine sandy mixture. Line a cupcake tin with cupcake liners. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, add the flour, baking powder, matcha green tea powder, caster sugar and salt.

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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have matcha and red bean cupcakes with matcha buttercream frosting using 24 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Matcha and Red Bean Cupcakes with Matcha Buttercream Frosting:
  1. Prepare Soft peaks:
  2. Get 1 egg white
  3. Take Dry ingredients:
  4. Get 140 g cake flour
  5. Make ready 1 tablespoon matcha powder
  6. Prepare 1 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  7. Prepare 1/4 teaspoon salt
  8. Take Egg, sugar, butter and vanilla extract:
  9. Take 90 g butter, soft
  10. Take 175 g sugar
  11. Prepare 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  12. Take 1 egg yolk
  13. Get Other ingredients:
  14. Prepare 120 ml milk
  15. Make ready 12 teaspoons red bean paste
  16. Make ready Buttercream frosting:
  17. Get 57 g butter
  18. Take 70-80 g icing sugar
  19. Take 1/2 tablespoon matcha powder
  20. Prepare 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
  21. Prepare Pinch salt
  22. Get 2 tablespoons double cream
  23. Take Garnish:
  24. Prepare Handful sliced strawberries (optional)

When the batter is smooth, with no lumps, add the sweet red beans and mix until well combined. While your cupcakes are baking, you can prepare the matcha green tea icing. Mix the single cream and matcha powder to create a smooth green tea paste. These holiday cupcakes are complete with red bean paste (henceforth known as azuki) and matcha frosting in the shape of a Christmas tree.

Steps to make Matcha and Red Bean Cupcakes with Matcha Buttercream Frosting:
  1. Preheat the oven to 178 degrees and line the cupcake tin with the liners. Set aside.
  2. In a bowl add the egg white. With a hand whist beat egg white has reached soft peaks. Tip: this helps to give the cupcake cake a light texture.
  3. In a mixing bowl add the following dry ingredients. Sift in the matcha powder and flour. Then add baking powder and salt.
  4. In another mixing bowl add the butter and sugar. Cream together until light and fluffy. Then add in vanilla extract and the egg yolk. Using a hand whisk mix until fully incorporated.
  5. Now add the dry ingredients and milk to the creamed mixture. Mix to combine but do not overmix.
  6. Gently gold in egg white into the batter. It should not be too runny. Fill up the lined cupcake tray under half, then add a teaspoon of red bean paste. Then add more batter until filled more than half. Tip: do not overfill. Repeat the process until all the batter and red bean has been used.
  7. Bake at 178C for 18-25 minutes. To check if baked insert a toothpick into the centre. If it comes clean it is ready, otherwise bake for a few minutes longer and repeat the check again.
  8. Remove cupcakes from the oven, transfer onto a wire rack or large plate and leave to cool down completely.
  9. To make the matcha buttercream frosting, beat the butter in a large bowl until smooth and creamy. Then add icing sugar, matcha, salt, and beat on low until incorporated. Increase the speed to high. Add vanilla and milk, continue to beat until fluffy. Tip: If the frosting is too thick or thin, add a touch more milk until it reaches your desired texture.
  10. Decorate each cupcake once fully cooled down. Top with sliced strawberries (optional) and enjoy.

Mix the single cream and matcha powder to create a smooth green tea paste. These holiday cupcakes are complete with red bean paste (henceforth known as azuki) and matcha frosting in the shape of a Christmas tree. I'm a nerd, so I'm going all out! I adapted this recipe from here and here, stealing some tips and tricks along the way. Whisk the sweet rice flour, millet flour, oat flour, xanthan gum, matcha, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl.

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