Green Tea Almond Cupcakes
photo by JungleLove
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 18
- Yields:
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16 cupcakes
- Serves:
- 16
ingredients
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For the cupcakes
- 1 1⁄4 cups flour
- 1⁄2 cup almond meal
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 5 teaspoons matcha green tea powder
- 1⁄2 cup canola oil
- 1 cup almond milk (you could use soy, rice, or coconut)
- 4 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons almond extract
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
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For the frosting
- 1⁄2 cup refined coconut oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons almond extract
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1⁄4 cup water
- sliced almonds (to garnish)
directions
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Cakes:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line and grease a 12-cup cupcake pan, you may need another pan for additional batter.
- Whisk together flour, almond flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, green tea powder, and sugar in large bowl.
- Combine oil, milk, vanilla, almond extract, and vinegar in a separate bowl.
- Add the wet mixture to dry and mix using a whisk. Don't mix until completely smooth. Lumps are good.
- Fill the cups 3/4 full and bake for about 15 minutes until edges just barely begin to brown. Cool.
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Frosting:
- Using a mixer, beat the coconut oil, vanilla, and almond extracts until combined.
- Add the powdered sugar one cup at a time. The mixture will be crumbly.
- Add water little by little until you reach the desired frosting consistency. YOU MAY NOT NEED TO USE ALL THE WATER.
- Frost the cakes and decorate. For large cupcakes I made an almond flower and for the small ones I used two slices oriented vertically to like almost like two leaves.
- Try not to eat all at once!
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Reviews
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I made these for a friends birthday part, several people attending were vegan. They loved them! They are very savory, not sweet. That is the only reason I only gave 4 stars - some people will only like these if you add a sweet frosting. I did not use the frosting recipe, I made my own. Mine was a plain vanilla with some prickly pear juice added. It gave it a bright pink color and interesting flavor to match the matcha interesting flavor. I think these cupcakes need something dramatic like that... pomegranite juice would be similar to what I did.
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