Chai Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

THREE hours later, I was finally home. I didn’t get everything I wanted, but it was good enough. I was most happy with finding whole star anise. It’s not actually in the cake either (lol), but it’s so pretty!! Omg is it aromatic though. Not a pleasant smell unless you like liquorice (which I don’t).

For those of you who are unfamiliar with chai tea, it’s a very aromatic and spicy tea originating from India. The ingredients vary slightly depending on where you get it (or how you make it), but it typically consists of a black tea with cinnamon, cloves, ginger, black pepper, and the key ingredient, cardamom.

It’s cardamom that gives chai tea its unique flavour, and I think it’s a love/hate thing, like cilantro. It’s very strong, so you want to be careful not to use too much of it.

Chai Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

 Prep Time 2 hours

 Cook Time 40 minutes

 Total Time 2 hours 40 minutes

INGREDIENTS

Chai Tea Milk:

• 1 1/2 cup milk
• 1 Tbsp Chai tea leaves 2 tea bags
• Chai Cake:
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tsps baking powder
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp ground cardamom
• 1/2 tsp ground allspice
• 1/4 tsp ground cloves
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter room temperature
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cups light brown sugar packed
• 3 large eggs room temperature
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup Chai tea milk

Cream Cheese Frosting:

• 8 oz cream cheese full fat, room temperature
• 1 1/4 cups unsalted butter room temperature
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla

Assembly (optional):

• cape gooseberries
• whole allspice
• whole star anise
• whole cloves
• whole green cardamom pods

INSTRUCTIONS

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