Matcha (Green Tea) and Chocolate Swirl Cupcakes

Hey there my-blogger-reader-who-i-do-not-know! Does any of you love matcha? I sure do like love it. I've tried matcha served as latte, milk, ice cream, cookies, cake, pudding, macaron, mochi, and many more. And they always taste GREAT. Thank you matcha discoverer man/woman! 

Anyways, a couple days ago, my buddy Michael ordered some chocolate cupcakes from me. Then I asked him whether he wanted it mixed with green tea or not. And he said okay. So, I made them for him :D
RECIPE below : 

This is actually Bakerella's bundt cake recipe. But I baked them in cupcakes (one batch makes 36 cupcakes or one 12-cup bundt cake) and they still taste great :)

You will need :

Chocolate Mixture
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cocoa
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt

Matcha mixture
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2-3 Tbsp matcha powder
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp salt

Wet ingredients
3 cups sugar
1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
3 eggs, room temperature
1 3/4 cup milk, room temperature
1 tsp vanilla

Method :

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Grease and flour (or cocoa) a 10 or 12 cup Bundt pan. (If using a 10-cup pan, you can reserve any extra batter for cupcakes.)-or line cupcake pans with cupcake liners
• With a wire whisk, mix the dry ingredients for the chocolate mixture in a small bowl and set aside.
  
• In another small bowl, do the same for the matcha mixture.

• Using a mixer, cream the butter and sugar. Add the eggs, milk and vanilla and mix until thoroughly combined.
• Divide the creamed mixture evenly in two separate bowls.
• Slowly add the chocolate mixture to one half of the creamed mixture and mix thoroughly.
• Then, add the matcha mixture to the other half of the creamed mixture and mix thoroughly.
• Drop alternating spoonfuls of each mixture into the bundt pan until it’s about 3/4 full.
• For a marbled effect, gently run a knife through the two batters in a swirling motion. (Once or twice will do the trick.)
• Bake for about 1 hour and 15 minutes.-for cupcakes : 20-25 minutes

Fresh from the oven!

I frosted them with whipped white chocolate green tea ganache

 Happy experimenting with matcha! :*:* Good luck in the kitchen!