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Masala Chai Cake

Name: Masala Chai Cake
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 65 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: South Asian
Ingredients: 250 ml Milk; 2 Beutel Black tea bags (2–3 bags; to taste); Cinnamon (to taste); Cardamom (to taste); Cloves (to taste); Ginger (to taste); Nutmeg (to taste); 120 g Butter (melted); 150 g Sugar (for the batter); 2 Eggs; 260 g Flour; 1 TL Baking powder; 0.5 TL Baking soda; Salt (1 pinch); 1 Packung Cream cheese (Package size not specified); 50 g Sugar (for the frosting) (50–80 g, to taste); 1 EL Chai tea (1–2 tbsp, cooled; from the brewed chai); Butter or oil for greasing (Grease the cake pan)

Recipe by RIMA~ FOOD | SELF-LOVE | MINDSET @rimaluuu · Instagram

Imported by Marla Knobel on SeeMeCook

Moist spiced cake made with black tea-infused milk and a creamy cream cheese frosting. The chai spices give it a warm, speculoos-like flavor.

8 servings65 minSouth Asian

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Ingredients

250 ml Milk
2 Beutel Black tea bags (2–3 bags; to taste)
Cinnamon (to taste)
Cardamom (to taste)
Cloves (to taste)
Ginger (to taste)
Nutmeg (to taste)
120 g Butter (melted)
150 g Sugar (for the batter)
2 Eggs
260 g Flour
1 TL Baking powder
0.5 TL Baking soda
Salt (1 pinch)
1 Packung Cream cheese (Package size not specified)
50 g Sugar (for the frosting) (50–80 g, to taste)
1 EL Chai tea (1–2 tbsp, cooled; from the brewed chai)
Butter or oil for greasing (Grease the cake pan)

Steps

1
Heat the milk in a saucepan. Add the black tea bags, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, ginger, and nutmeg, and let them infuse in the milk.
2
Allow the chai milk to cool.
3
Whisk together the eggs, sugar for the batter, and melted butter.
4
Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, and mix until incorporated.
5
Gradually stir in the cooled chai milk.
6
Grease a cake pan and pour in the batter.
7
Bake at 180 °C using conventional top-and-bottom heat for about 35–45 minutes. Check for doneness with a skewer.
8
For the frosting, beat the cream cheese, sugar, and 1–2 tbsp of cooled chai tea until creamy.
9
Allow the cake to cool completely, then spread with the frosting.

Notes

The package size of the cream cheese is not specified; ranges or taste-based amounts are given for the tea, spices, and frosting sugar. The description does not specify how long the spices should infuse.