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Matcha Cocoa Cupcakes

02/12/2008 by jamieanne 17 Comments

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I made this cupcake intending to enter it into December’s Iron Cupcake Earth challenge Chocolate With A Twist. Then after I made it I thought it wasn’t good enough. It tasted great, but I didn’t think it was the worthiest contender. Then as I keep looking at them sitting there in the kitchen I thought, what the hay, I’ll enter them! Here is the matcha cocoa cupcake.

Matcha Cocoa Cupcake

Yes, I need to work on my piping skills, I know! ๐Ÿ™‚

I call it the matcha cocoa cupcake, because it does taste similar to the matcha hot cocoa recipe I enjoy. The chocolate cake in these cupcakes are very chocolatey, and the matcha is very matcha-y. The cake is dense and heavy and quite filling.

The dark chocolate ganache is a nice touch, and the matcha Swiss meringue buttercream is to die for. This is my second attempt at making SMBC (my first attempt failed) and it went really well. The texture is amazing, almost mousse-like. It pipes really well. The matcha taste in the SMBC is not overpowering and adds an extra light matcha flavor.

Thank you to Cupcakes Take The Cake for posting my matcha cocoa cupcakes on your blog!

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Matcha Cocoa Cupcakes
 
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Matcha and chocolate-swirled cupcakes with chocolate ganache glaze and matcha swiss meringue buttercream
Author: La Tartine Gourmande | How to Eat a Cupcake
Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 12 cupcakes
Ingredients
  • For the cupcakes:
  • 8 Tbsp butter, melted (1 stick)
  • 3 oz dark chocolate, melted
  • 3 eggs, large
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • ¾ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¾ + ⅔ cups flour, sifted
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1.5 tsp sifted unsweetened cocoa, diluted with 2 Tbsp whole milk
  • 1.5 tsp Matcha powder
  • Chocolate ganache glaze:
  • 3oz dark chocolate
  • 3oz heavy whipping cream
  • Matcha swiss meringue buttercream:
  • 2.4oz egg whites
  • 4.8oz sugar
  • 5.3oz unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1.5 tablespoons matcha (use more or less to suit your taste)
Instructions
  1. For the cupcakes: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Melt the butter and set aside. Melt the chocolate using a double-boiler.
  3. Beat the eggs with the sugar until blended. Add the melted the butter and vanill extract and mix well.
  4. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt and add to the butter/egg mixture. Beat until blended, but do not overbeat.
  5. Divide the batter in two halves. In the first half, add the Matcha tea, in the second the chocolate and cocoa diluted in milk. Stir each half until thorougly incorporated.
  6. Spoon chocolate mixture into cupcake liners, and spoon matcha mixture on top of the chocolate. Fill liners about ½ โ€“ ⅔ full. You can use a toothpick or knife to gently stir the colors together for a marbled effect, or you can leave as is.
  7. Bake in a preheated oven for 20-22 minutes. Test with a toothpick to make sure they are done.
  8. For the chocolate ganache glaze: Heat the whipping cream and chocolate in a small pan over low heat unti melted. Do not boil. Remove from heat and sit aside until cooler. Dip tops of cupcakes into the ganache and sit aside to let ganache harden, or put into the refrigerator to harden it quicker.
  9. For the matcha swiss meringue buttercream: Put egg whites and sugar into the top of a double boiler over a pan of simmering water. Whisking constantly, cook until sugar has dissolved and mixture is warm (about 160 degrees).
  10. Pour heated egg whites into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Beat egg white mixture on high speed until it forms stiff (but not dry) peaks. Continue beating until fluffy and cooled, about 7 minutes.
  11. Switch to the paddle attachment. With mixer on medium-low, add butter two tablespoons at a time, beating well after each addition. Increase speed to medium-high; continue beating until frosting appears thick, about 3 minutes. Reduce speed to low; add matcha powder and continue beating 2 minutes to eliminate air bubbles.
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Filed Under: Cupcakes, Iron Cupcake: Earth, Matcha Green Tea Tagged With: chocolate, Frosting, green tea, iron cupcake, matcha, swiss meringue buttercream

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  1. Dani

    02/01/2009 at 6:00 PM

    yay for winning!!! love this pic

    Reply
  2. Jamieanne

    03/01/2009 at 7:20 AM

    Thanks! ๐Ÿ˜€

    Reply
  3. apparentlyjessy

    04/01/2009 at 1:12 AM

    Congratulations on winning! I think they look very tasty…only I am unsure what Matcha is, I haven’t seen it in Australia.

    Reply
    • Sarah

      22/06/2015 at 1:57 PM

      You can buy matcha at T2. There’s a store at highpoint

      Reply
  4. Jamieanne

    04/01/2009 at 5:07 AM

    Thank you, apparentlyjessy! Matcha is just green tea powder; when I was living in Sydney, I used to find it in our local Woolworths.

    Reply
  5. apparentlyjessy

    09/01/2009 at 5:59 PM

    Ohh, okay! I bet that tastes wonderful then! I will definitely keep a look out for it when I am next in Woolworths! Thanks ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  6. VegSF

    13/01/2009 at 12:00 PM

    These are quite lovely! Congrats on the win!

    Reply
  7. Maya

    31/03/2009 at 5:41 AM

    Beautiful! And I think your piping skills are just fine ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  8. Jamieanne

    31/03/2009 at 8:59 AM

    Thank you!

    Reply
  9. Hillary

    31/03/2009 at 11:42 AM

    I’m in love with these cupcakes! They look like a floating cup of matcha hot chocolate, just like you said you were inspired by..

    Reply
  10. claudia (cook eat FRET)

    31/03/2009 at 12:12 PM

    absolutely beautiful
    i really really would love one of these – now

    Reply
  11. Michelle

    31/03/2009 at 1:19 PM

    This sounds wonderful and what a great photo!
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    Reply
  12. Donna

    07/04/2009 at 6:21 PM

    Wow! I love my chocolate & matcha! What a great combination. I will definetly try this recipe. Thanks for sharing

    Reply
  13. yums

    17/01/2010 at 3:29 AM

    this recipe was so good ! : ) , but for some reason I think I didn’t put enough butter, because I had to add more and an extra egg

    Reply
  14. manuela

    06/02/2011 at 10:02 PM

    Congratulations! Thank you for the recipes. It looks delicious and I’m hungry to try. Best wishes from Germany.

    Reply
  15. Steph

    11/01/2018 at 3:24 PM

    Loved this recipe!! So delicious!! Perfect combination between chocolate and matcha ๐Ÿ™‚ Thank you for posting it. I topped it worth matcha frosting

    Reply

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