chai tea cupcakes with honey cinnamon frosting
Sunday, August 15, 2010
10:16 PM
chai tea cupcakes
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 oz butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp cloves
  • 1/2 tsp ground ginger
  • 1/2 tsp ground cardamom
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 or 2 chai tea bags
  1. preheat oven to 350 degrees. place liners into cupcake pan.
  2. heat up milk on stove, remove from stove. place tea bags into milk, cover and steep for 5-10 minutes.
  3. cream sugar and butter together. mix in egg and vanilla. mix in milk.
  4. sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, nutmeg, cloves and salt together. mix dry and wet ingredients together.
  5. divide batter into cupcake liners. bake for 15-18 minutes or until a tester inserted comes out clean.
  6. allow to cool before frosting with your favorite buttercream frosting. sprinkle with cinnamon.

honey cinnamon cream cheese frosting
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 4 oz cream cheese
  • 1 tsp of ground cinnamon
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 1 – 2 tbsp milk
  • 2 cups icing [powdered] sugar
  1. cream butter until light and fluffy.
  2. add the cream cheese and beat for another 2 minutes.
  3. add the honey and cinnamon and gradually add the icing sugar while mixer is running.
  4. add the milk and more icing sugar until you get the desired consistency.

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1 Comments:

This looks amaaaazing. I can't wait to try this recipe out. Thank you! :D

By Anonymous Huma, at August 15, 2010 at 10:23 PM  

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