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30 Semi-Healthy Days - Day 24: Green Tea Cupcakes with Mint White Chocolate Frosting

Ingredients:

• Green Tea Cupcakes:
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 2 large eggs
• Zest & juice of 1 lemon
• 1/3 cup plain Greek yogurt
• 1 3/4 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 Tablespoons matcha powder
• 2/3 cup vanilla almond milk
• Mint White Chocolate Frosting:
• 4 oz white chocolate
• 3 mint leaves
• 4 oz (1/2 package) light cream cheese
• 1/4 cup butter
• 2 Tablespoons vanilla almond milk
• 3 cups icing sugar

Instructions:

1. Green Tea Cupcakes:
2. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F and line a muffin tin with 12 cupcake papers.
3. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and matcha powder in a small bowl and set aside.
4. Cream together the butter and sugar with a hand mixer until smooth.
5. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing after each addition until smooth.
6. Add lemon juice and zest and the Greek yogurt, mixing until smooth.
7. Add the dry ingredients and the almond milk alternately in three additions, beginning and ending with the milk. Mix well after each addition.
8. Fill each cupcake paper 3/4 full and bang the tin on the counter a couple of times to level them out.
9. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 25 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
10. Mint White Chocolate Frosting:
11. Melt the white chocolate in a saucepan over low heat with the mint leaves.
12. Remove from heat and let cool for a few minutes before removing the mint leaves.
13. Combine the white chocolate, cream cheese, butter, vanilla almond milk and icing sugar with a mixer until smooth.
14. Add more almond milk or icing sugar as needed to get the right consistency.