Japanese · Dessert
Green Tea Cupcakes
A lightened take on the delicate Japanese-style green tea cupcake, built on a whisked egg-and-yogurt batter instead of butter and cream, finished with a barely-sweet honeyed yogurt topping instead of a heavy buttercream.
$1
15 minsPrep
17 minsCook
37 minsTotal
EasyLevel
Nutrition per serving
243Calories
8.3gProtein
8.2gFat
34.3gCarbs
15.7gSugar
0.9gFiber
350mgSodium
87mgChol
2.1gSat Fat
141mgPotassium
71mgCalcium
1.6mgIron
0.4mcgVitamin B12
0.1mgVitamin C
0gPolyol
0gAllulose
0.3gAlcohol
Goes well with
Asahi Super Dry Beer
local
Sencha Green Tea
international
vegetarian
sweet-spot
Instructions
1
Preheat the oven to 170°C and line 2 holes of a 6-hole muffin tin with paper cases; half-fill the remaining 4 holes with water so the tin bakes evenly.
2
Sift the cake flour, baking powder, cocoa powder (standing in for matcha's characteristic green note here, as matcha itself is not on the palette) and salt together in a bowl.
3
In a separate bowl, whisk the egg and sugar with a hand mixer for 1-2 minutes until pale and slightly thickened.
4
Whisk in the greek yogurt, skim milk, vegetable oil and vanilla extract until smooth and fully combined.
5
Fold the sifted dry ingredients into the wet mixture in two additions, mixing only until no streaks of flour remain.
6
Divide the batter evenly between the 2 lined holes, filling each about two-thirds full.
7
Bake for 16-18 minutes until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean and the tops spring back when lightly pressed.
8
Cool the cupcakes in the tin for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
9
Once fully cool, whisk the honey into the whipped greek yogurt and spoon or pipe a small dollop onto each cupcake just before serving.
Serves
2 portions ·
2 adults, 0 over 10, 0 under 10
Ingredients
- 1.6 oz45g sifted cake flour
- 0.8 oz22g sugar white
- 0.1 oz2g baking powder
- 7/87/8 eggs, beaten (45g)
- 1.2 oz35g greek yogurt
- 0.9 oz25g skim milk
- 0.3 oz8g vegetable oil
- 0.1 oz3g cocoa powder
- 0.1 oz2g vanilla extract
- 0 oz1g salt
- 1.1 oz30g whipped for topping greek yogurt
- 0.2 oz6g honey
