Macadamia Matcha Cupcakes

Do you know the feeling of seeing one special ingredient and instantly having the urge of baking something with it? Yeah, well, I had that... with matcha.

So, I searched for cupcake recipes with matcha cream on top. Finally, I mixed several recipes and came up with this one:

For the cupcakes you need:

1 cup flour

2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup oil (canola)

1 egg

1 tbsp. macadamia syrup

1/2 cup sour cream

Mix all the dry ingredients, then one by one add the wet ingredients. Stir after each until blended. Pour the batter into muffin caps or a muffin tray. Bake on 180°C for about 15 minutes.

When the cakes are cooled down completely, prepare the matcha cream. 

You need:

1 1/4 cups confectioner's sugar

2 tsp. matcha

3 oz. cream cheese

2 tbsp. butter (softened)

1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

Mix butter, cream cheese and vanilla extract until combined. Then add matcha and sugar. Mix until blended well. 

Now, fill a pastry bag with the cream and decorate your cupcakes. I used a star tip and piped swirls, starting in the middle. So, the swirls are very flat and look a bit rose-like.

Finally, I strew some sprinkles onto the cupcakes.

Next time, I will use less or no macadamia syrup because I think it somehow disturbed the matcha taste of the cream. Nevertheless, each on its own was yummie :) Cake and cream.