This is a guest post by Rachel aka Gluten Free Mama. She is a leading voice in our industry and she creates amazing Gluten Free recipes and products!
Mother’s Day Cupcakes
Gluten Free Mama’s Green Tea Cupcakes with Lemon Glaze are sure to bring joy to mom for Mother’s Day. Green Tea is the “New It Ingredient” since Cupcake Wars Winner, Andrea Maue, from Ava James Catering, introduced her winning Green Tea Cupcake with Green Tea Buttercream Cupcake in Season 4. Well perhaps it was a hit even before this episode, but this is when I was introduced to it. I have been wanting to make a gluten free version for some time now, and what better time to make it than for Mother’s Day. I got these adorable cupcake wrappers from our local craft store, green of course! You will need to get Green Tea Matcha Powder to make these cupcakes. You can buy it a most larger grocery stores and of course at health food stores. I bought mine at our local health food store, because I didn’t want the hint of orange in the one that was at our local grocery store, since I wanted to have a lemony flavor. I like buying my spices, herbs and teas at health food stores, because I can buy them in bulk and get just what I need. My version of Green Tea Cupcakes have a hint of lemon flavor in the cupcake and then the lemon glaze just make these pop with flavor and beauty. If you don’t want the cupcake to have a hint of lemon, just leave the lemon zest out. You can also give it a “stronger” tea flavor by adding 3 Tbsp. of Green Tea Matcha powder. I used two Tablespoons so that my entire family would enjoy the cupcake. Top it off with a fresh raspberry or blackberry for added flavor, color and freshness. If you wanted to infuse these with even more flavor you could fill them with a tsp. of high quality blackberry jam, too. I hope you like my version and hope your mom does too!
Gluten Free Mama’s Green Tea Cupcakes with Lemon Glaze
½ cup butter or dairy free margarine
1 ¼ cup organic sugar
1 tsp. lemon zest
2 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
1 tsp. xanthan gum
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
2 Tbsp. Green Tea Matcha Powder (Can be found at some grocery stores and most health food stores)
1 cup milk (dairy, rice, nut or soy)
Lemon Glaze
1 cup powdered sugar
2-3 Tbsp. fresh squeezed lemon juice
1 tsp. lemon zest
18 fresh blackberries or raspberries for garnish
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a mixing bowl, cream butter with sugar, and zest. Add vanilla. With mixer running on low speed, add one eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Scrape down sides of bowl.
In a small bowl combine gf flour, xanthan gum, baking powder, salt, and the Green Tea Matcha Powder. Mix well to combine all ingredients. With mixer running on low speed alternate adding a little bit of the flour mixture and a little bit of milk until all ingredients are added in. Scrape down sides of bowl and underneath beater. Beat on medium speed 1-2 minutes.
Fill muffin pan with decorative cupcake liners. You will need 18. Using a 2 inch scoop, add one scoop of batter to each muffin cup. A scoop measures out each cupcake evenly, and fills it about ¾ full. If you don’t have a scoop, you can pour batter into a liquid measuring cup and pour batter into each cup ¾ full.
Bake at 350 on center rack for 25 minutes.
Allow to cool completely.
In a bowl mix together powdered sugar, zest and lemon juice and mix until you reach desired consistency. If needed add 1-2 tsp. extra water. Dip cupcake into glaze, allowing excess glaze to drip off before setting cupcake on plate. Then top with a blackberry or raspberry.
About Gluten Free Mama
My name is Rachel Caryle Edington, Gluten Free Mama. I manufacture gluten free flour blends and Mixes, maybe you have heard of them, Mama’s Almond and Coconut Blend Flours, and have written two cookbooks, Gluten Free Mama’s Best Baking Recipes, and our newest cookbook In the Kitchen with Gluten Free Mama. We also have a line of baking mixes that make gluten free baking quicker and easier. Mama prides herself in bringing the best quality gluten free products to you, with no grit, delightfully smooth texture, and they are all certified gluten free through the Celiac Sprue Association. www.csaceliacs.org.
I started Gluten Free Mama in 2006 shortly after my daughter, Lexie, the gluten free baby’s diagnosis with Celiac Disease and Gluten Intolerance. Lexie was a very sick baby, crying non-stop, full body rashes that had open like sores, and she could never keep food down. Her stomach would blow up like a balloon. At first, I thought she just didn’t like me, with all the crying, but later after we introduced food we knew something wasn’t right. After Lexie’s diagnosis, I found a lot of the gluten free products available at the time were bland, cardboard like texture, fell apart, or had a horrible aftertaste. I decided to put my dream of writing a cookbook and my brief culinary background to work and started creating my own recipes. Before I knew it I was knee deep in a gluten free manufacturing business, and meeting gluten free friends from all over the world. I was just a mom that felt my daughter should be able to eat normal food just like anyone else and felt she had the right to enjoy it. So that became my mission, making gluten free tastier. Gluten Free Mama has zero gluten, but 100% tasty. Lexie is no longer a baby, she is a healthy thriving gluten free 10 year old! However, she will always be my baby.
You can have the opportunity to try Mama’s products this month, because Pam Jordan, blog writer of ImaCeliac is doing a Gluten Free Mama Giveaway. So be sure to enter the giveaway, try our Mother’s Day cupcakes, stop by our blog and see what we have cooking up for Celiac Awareness Month and of course visit our website at www.glutenfreemama.com. Thank you Pam Jordan for allowing us to guest post on your blog this month! Happy Mother’s Day to all the Gluten Free Mama’s out there, and Happy Spring, if you aren’t a mother!
Enjoy Baking Gluten Free,
Rachel Carlyle Edington
Gluten Free Mama
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