Comments on: Adzuki Bean Paste Filled Chocolate Cupcakes with Matcha Green Tea Frosting

By: Paula from Only Cookware

Paula from Only Cookware — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:37:41 +0000

I really like the idea of that green tea frosting. I am going to keep my eyes open for matcha powder on my next shopping trip. I have never heard of it before.

By: Pille

Pille — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:20:27 +0000

I’m saving the Matcha Green Tea Frosting recipe right now - looks amazing!!

By: rachel

rachel — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:31:54 +0000

These look amazing!

By: tracy

tracy — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:04:17 +0000

These look great! I love the dark green color you managed to get. I have previously mix and matched your recipes and had done this (adzuki bean paste and green tea cream cheese frosting) with a vanilla cupcake. Also delicious and a huge hit! Thanks for the inspiration!

By: the tattooed mama

the tattooed mama — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:41:08 +0000

amazing!

By: Rose

Rose — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:04:53 +0000

The match green tea frosting looks fantastic. Your daughter must be so spoiled with cupcakes.

By: debby

debby — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:44:52 +0000

very good receipes

By: Cindy

Cindy — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:12:06 +0000

Wow this recipe is great,
I love it,
Thanks for sharing!

By: Farhan

Farhan — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:11:07 +0000

First let me just say that u are THE person to visit for any cupcake related issues in the blogging world! I have just been tasked by my aunt to bake cupcakes for her wedding. The theme is green and she wants a chocolate cupcake with a green frosting which is exactly what is here! I had planned to use ur regular choc cupcake recipe. I’m just not sure about the best frosting to use as since its a wedding, these cakes will not be refrigerated, they will be displayed and they have to look and taste good at the end of 48 hours. PLease advice on the frosting!

By: Julie O'Hara

Julie O'Hara — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:10:48 +0000

I can’t wait to read your thoughts and tips on icing. I love adzuki beans–and all the flavors in this cupcake actually. I agree on using more matcha; sometimes its hard to get the flavor to come through, and the deep green looks pretty to me!
Julie

By: Brit

Brit — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:16:48 +0000

Amazing! This is my cupcake dream come true!! I made your green tea bubble cream filled cupcakes this past summer, and filled some of them with premade red bean paste. Those were tasty, but these look even better ^_^

I make mochi on a regular basis. Also daifuku. If you liked making microwave mochi, try adding a little vanilla to the batter and stuffing them with red bean paste. They are delicious!

By: veron

veron — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:43:03 +0000

I’m looking forward to your post about frostings. That seems to be my gripe with cupcakes available in the shops here. They mostly have overly sweet frostings which I do not like.

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:26:19 +0000

these look incredible.
I can’t wait to make them for all of my friends.
I’m obsessed with cupcakes and nobody understands it.

By: McAuliflower

McAuliflower — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 22:17:23 +0000

This was a favorite flavor combination that I learned to love in japan. I love that you have a recipe for making our own bean paste- which would be great on toast too!

By: kitchen princess

kitchen princess — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:22:28 +0000

they look beautiful…i will try to make my own red bean paste, been buying them all these while! anyways a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you!

By: Cakespy

Cakespy — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 05:23:52 +0000

What a sexy, sexy side view too. I’m a major sucker for anything Green tea, and these are a fine specimen.

By: Annemarie

Annemarie — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:56:19 +0000

These look beautiful, especially the slice through. I love the use of the Japanese ingredients together.

By: olga

olga — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 23:26:11 +0000

Where did you get the matcha green tea powder? I live in Austin, TX. There are no Japanese specialty store that sell green tea powder. I look on Amazon by not sure which one to get. Any recommendation? Thanks a lot!

By: chockylit

chockylit — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 01:47:30 +0000

I got mine at Whole Foods. Zen Matcha it was called. I think any matcha will work.

By: olga

olga — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 07:20:15 +0000

Great thanks - going there tomorrow !

By: Casey

Casey — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:07:05 +0000

Have made savory adzuki dishes and enjoyed them but have not yet tried any of sweet ones I’ve heard of. Now this one is a twist, and what better way to start out exploring sweet adzuki than with a cupcake?

By: howtoeatacupcake

howtoeatacupcake — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:29:13 +0000

That looks lovely, as usual!

By: randomnobody

randomnobody — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 03:39:33 +0000

that’s like my dream cupcake. love matcha, love red beans, love chocolate… i’ve tried making matcha frosting but not cream cheese style, sounds very rich.

By: sabrina

sabrina — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:27:57 +0000

you can find matcha green tea powder at whole foods in the tea section although when I went they only had sweet matcha, so I used less sugar than the recipe called, came out great :-)

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:12:52 +0000

OMG! I finally made this today and it’s just unbelievable. Thought I used a star tip instead of a round one for the frosting. Is that a 1A round tip that you used? I really like the modern look of it.

Many thanks for sharing your recipes. :) You got me addicted to baking cupcakes.

By: Ali

Ali — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:02:50 +0000

Mochi Cupcakes are SO cute - see recipe

By: Lori

Lori — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:32:07 +0000

I have been eyeing these cupcakes for about three months now. They are so pretty and they particularly caught my attention because of the adzuki bean paste. I finally got my green tea powder in hand after months of searching and am getting ready to try it! Did I say that I am so excited already? Thank you for the inspiration and recipe.

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By: Etsuko

Etsuko — Sat, 31 May 2008 08:14:34 +0000

I’m from Japan and I love to bake breads with Azuki beans which is called “An pan”. Also, “Ohagi” which is mochi rice wrapped in sweet Azuki beans. Wow! All of your recipes are very inspiring! I wanted to try something like this recipe, Japanese & American desert. Macha powder has been sleeping in cupboard but finally, it’s time for macha to come out and have fun! Thank you sooo much!!