Recipe of the Week - Green Tea & Strawberry Cupcakes

One of my favourite blogs, The Sweetest Kitchen, has come up with a new challenge. It's called 'The Mystery Box Cupcake Challenge.'

The first ever challenge has an ingredient I have never used before - TEA.

As well as getting the chance to say they won the first ever challenge, the winner of the July Mystery Box will get some amazing prizes!

• A $5 gift card from Bake It Pretty
• Tahitian Vanilla Fleur De Sel and Organic Indonesian Vanilla Beans from Beanilla
• The new Tsuki Tea Pot & 2 tins of Tea from Rishi Tea
• A Soapy Pop from Soapy Love.
• A $25 prize pack from Sweet Cuppin Cakes

Here is my entry for the first Mystery Box Challenge. It gave me the chance to use my teapot that I got for my birthday. If you want to enter there is still a bit of time, you have until the 20th of each month. After that, go here to vote for you favourite! If you miss this month, a new ingredient will be announced on the 1st August.
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You Will Need...

For the Cupcake

45 Grams Butter

1/2 Cup Self Raising Flour

1/4 Cup Caster Sugar

1 Egg

1/2 Cup Green Tea

For the Filling

150 Grams Strawberries

1/4 Cup Caster Sugar

1/2 Cup Green Tea

Firstly make a pot of green tea. If you don't have a teapot, you could just make a cup of green tea using a teabag.

Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius and place cupcake liners in a cupcake tray.

Place strawberries, caster sugar and green tea in a saucepan.

Bring to the boil.

Use your potato masher to mash the strawberries into a pulp, and allow to simmer for 5 minutes.

Place in a clean bowl and cover with glad wrap so the glad wrap is touching the mixture. Place in the fridge to cool.

Place all ingredients for the cupcake in a bowl and beat together.

Scoop out 1/4 cups full of mixture and put in the cupcake liners.

Place in the oven for 15 minutes until cooked.

Allow cupcakes to cool completely, then cut a hole in the top.

Spoon a heaped teaspoon of the strawberry mixture into the hole. Top with a teaspoon of thickened cream.