Recipe: Tasty Chai Cupcakes

Chai Cupcakes. Chai Cupcakes You'll get a double dose of the spicy blend that's frequently used to flavor tea in these moist single-size cakes. Both the cupcake and frosting use the blend, which combines some of the best flavors of the season. Prepare chai spice mix: Mix all of the chai spices together.

I topped it with chai buttermilk frosting also found on this site. It gives the chai latte cupcakes the creamy quality of good chai. This chai latte cupcake recipe was a rare first-attempt success… Something else to be thankful for! You can cook Chai Cupcakes using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Chai Cupcakes

1. It's 1 box of Devils food cake mix.
2. You need 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
3. It's 2 tsp of chai spice mix (see my other recipe).
4. Prepare 1 of buttercream frosting:.
5. Prepare 2 of egg whites.
6. It's 1/4 cup of granulated sugar.
7. Prepare 1 1/2 sticks of butter (12 oz) room temp.
8. Prepare 6 tbsp of honey.
9. You need 1/4 tsp of ground cinnamon.

The flavor was spot-on, after I added a touch of cardamom for extra kick. They are buttery, moist and well spiced, with a decadent spiced cream frosting on top! Combine chai mixture, cake mix, eggs, oil, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger in a large bowl and beat using an electric mixer on low speed until moistened. Pour batter into the prepared muffin cups.

Chai Cupcakes step by step

1. Set oven to 350.
2. Prepare according to cake mix directions add vanilla and chai spice..
3. Pour batter into lined cupcake tins..
4. Bake according to cake mix directions..
5. Prepare buttercream by mixing all ingredients together until smooth..
6. Frost cooled cupcakes and sprinkle with chai spice..

Chai is the Hindi word for a tea made with milk and spices such as cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, nutmeg and pepper. Instant chai tea mix comes in a variety of flavors. In a small bowl, combine the ground ginger, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and black pepper. Add the butter to the bowl of an electric mixer and beat on high speed until creamy. With the mixer on low speed, slowly add in the sugar.