Last spring I started playing around with using green tea in my baking. Matcha tea was particularly fun, and I loved it in baked goods like cakes and muffins. Matcha is a green Japanese powderered tea in which often is used in Japanese tea ceremonies, but it can also be used as a natural food flavoring and coloring.

The lovely green color from the tea ads a nice and fresh color on everything from drinks and ice cream to cookies an cakes, making it an excellent vegan and natural alternative to the artificial food colorings.

Even though there certainly are more healthy things to make with matcha powder, you can always hope that the tea – which contains 137 times more antioxidants than regular green tea – makes these little cupcakes at least somewhat healthier…? 😉

If not, I’m okay with that, because these cupcakes are so delicious it’s totally worth it!