Matcha Green Tea with Cashew Pistachio Frosting

Name: Matcha Green Tea with Cashew Pistachio Frosting
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Cupcakes-1 C almond meal or flour; ½ tsp baking soda; pinch of salt; 2 Tbs matcha green tea powder; 2 Tbs raw cane sugar or honey; ½ tsp lemon zest; 2 Tbs coconut oil; 1 egg; 1 mashed banana; 1 Tbs almond or coconut milk OR ½ C if you want to leave out the banana; ¼ C water; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 Tbs honey; Topping-1/4 C crushed pistachios; 0.5 cups cashews

6 steps

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Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 05:34:03 GMT

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Ingredients

6 servings

1 CCupcakes

almond meal or flour

½ tspbaking soda

salt

2 Tbsmatcha green tea powder

2 Tbsraw cane sugar

or coconut, OR 1/2 C if you want to leave out the banana

¼ cwater

1 tspvanilla extract

1 Tbshoney

0.25 Cpistachios

Topping, crushed

½ cupscashews

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350F

Bowl

Step 2

In a small bowl mix together dry ingredients, almond meal, baking soda, salt,matcha and sugar

Bowl

Step 3

In a bowl mix together wet ingredients, coconut oil, egg,banana, coconut or almond milk, combine with dry ingredients and don't over mix.

Muffin Pan

Step 4

Put 6 cupcake papers in a muffin pan and fill cupcake papers ¾ of the way up, bake for 20-25 minutes

Food ProcessorMix

Step 5

In a blender or food processor add the strained cashews, coconut oil, vanilla, honey and a pinch of salt, slowly add the water until the consistency is thick yet spreadable and super smooth and creamy.

Step 6

Let the cupcakes cool before spreading with cashew cream frosting, top with crushed pistachios.