Well hello there! :) Happy Monday guys!
As many of you know (or don't) this week (Thursday to be precise) is Diwali! Diwali is celebrated by Hindu's, Jain's and Sikh's and all for different reasons. As some of you may or may not know i'm Sikh, so come thursday I will be going to the Gurdwara (sikh temple) to celebrate. Diwali is a significant day to Sikhs around the world, as it celebrates the realise of our 6th guru, Guru Hargobind Ji.
Inspired by this Indian festivity, I decided to make some chai latte cupcakes. The star ingredient of this recipe has to be the chai latte mix by drink me chai. I literally love this stuff, it has a sweet taste to it and it makes me feel warm and happy. Okay so lets get to it!
You Will Need:
- 100g self raising flour
- 100g brown sugar
- 100g butter
- 2 eggs
- 3 tablespoons of Drink me Chai's 'spiced' mix
- 1 Teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 1 small cup of milk
- Buttercream frosting
- 1 stick of cinnamon, 3 cloves and cardamon pods
- Cupcake cases
1) Pre heat your oven to 180 degrees. Measure out the flour, sugar, butter, chai mix, vanilla extract and put all in the ingredients into a mixer. Crack the eggs into the mixer bowl and add 7 tablespoons of milk.
2) Mix all the ingredients together until combined. Do not over mix, I repeat DO NOT OVER MIX! this causes the cupcake to become tough, dense and bread like, and no one wants that.
3) Spoon the batter into the cupcake cases and bake for 15-20mins or until a toothpick comes out clean.
4) Whilst the cupcakes are baking, it is time to infuse the milk. Put the remaining milk into a small pan add the cinnamon, cardamon and clove. Let the milk simmer for about 10 minutes then leave to cool. When its cooled you can add a couple of teaspoons of this to any buttercream of your choice (I was lazy and bought buttercream from the supermarket). The rest of the milk you can drink, it tastes amazing! :)
5) Pipe the buttercream onto the cooled cupcakes and they are ready to eat.
For all you chai/cha lovers out there I highly recommend trying these, and don't forget to tweet me a picture if you do make these! :)
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