White Chocolate Cupcake with Green Tea Frosting and White Chocolate Shavings

It's good to be back!


Its been a while since my last post but I intend to post as much as I can


I love green tea!!! But I don't know what to pair it with... cranberry? chocolate? hmmm has to be a bit subtle so the green tea flavor will come out. I eventually decided on white chocolate.


I love how it turned out, the white chocolate cupcake are a bit crinkly when I took them out of the oven but I guess this is fine because the white chocolate wafting in the air is heavenly. And I guess I should not worry since I will top then with the green tea frosting anyway.

Enjoy the rest of the week everyone!!!

Happy Cupaking,

Aikko

White Chocolate Cake

(adapted from Food & Wine Magazine, November 2004)

Ingredients

2 1/4 cups all purpose flour

2 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

3/4 cup sticks butter

1 1/2 cups sugar

4 large eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 1/4 cups milk

8 ounces white chocolate, melted

Procedure

Preheat the oven to 350°. Butter and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.

Sift the flour with the baking powder and salt. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the butter at low speed until smooth. Add the sugar and beat until fluffy. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the vanilla. At low speed, alternately beat in the dry ingredients and the milk in 2 additions. Add the melted white chocolate and beat just until incorporated. Scrape the batter into the prepared cake pans and smooth the surfaces.

Bake the cakes in the center of the oven for 35 minutes, or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean. Let the cakes cool in the pans for 10 minutes, then invert them onto a wire rack and let cool completely.

Green Tea Frosting

(from Food Mayhem)

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar

4 teaspoons matcha powder

6 ounces cream cheese, softened

4 tablespoons butter, softened

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Procedure

To make frosting, sift together confectioner’s sugar and matcha powder. Set aside. Using a heavy duty mixer with the paddle attachment, beat together cream cheese, butter, and vanilla on medium speed for 5 minutes. Reduce the speed to low and add sugar/matcha gradually. Once all of the sugar/matcha is mixed in, increase speed to medium and beat for 5 minutes more.