Chai cake is a delectable dessert that combines the flavors of warm and aromatic spices with the sweetness of a cake. Originating from the Indian subcontinent, this delectable treat has gained popularity worldwide due to its unique blend of flavors and textures. Whether you're a seasoned baker or just starting out, embarking on a journey to create the perfect chai cake can be an exciting experience. With the right combination of ingredients and techniques, you can create a moist and flavorful cake that will impress your friends and family. So gather your ingredients, prepare your kitchen, and let's delve into the wonderful world of chai cake baking!
Here are our top 10 tried and tested recipes!
CARROT CAKE WITH CHAI-FLAVORED CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
The best carrot cake!
Provided by Kasmira Bresett
Time 2h
Yield 20
Number Of Ingredients 24
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Generously grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.
- Whisk flour, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg, allspice, and salt together in a medium bowl.
- Whisk brown sugar, oil, applesauce, and white sugar together in a separate bowl. Whisk in eggs, one at a time, until combined. Switch to a large rubber spatula and scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl. Add dry ingredients in 3 parts, gently stirring until incorporated and batter is smooth. Stir in carrots and raisins. Divide batter evenly between the prepared cake pans.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the tops of the cakes spring back when lightly touched and a toothpick inserted in the centers comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool in the pans for 15 minutes before turning out onto cooling racks to cool completely, about 30 minutes. If you find that a cake layer is stuck to the bottom of the pan, leave the cake pan upside down and allow gravity to do its thing.
- While the cake is cooling, prepare the frosting. Melt butter in a skillet over medium-low heat. Cook, stirring occasionally until lightly browned, about 10 minutes.
- Transfer browned butter to a bowl. Add cream cheese and vanilla and beat with an electric mixer until smooth. Mix in cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, nutmeg, and allspice. Add powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time until desired taste and consistency.
- Frost cooled cake with cream cheese frosting and toasted pecans.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 397.5 calories, Carbohydrate 56.2 g, Cholesterol 61.7 mg, Fat 18.4 g, Fiber 1.4 g, Protein 3.9 g, SaturatedFat 6.9 g, Sodium 248 mg, Sugar 43.1 g
CHAI TEA CAKE WITH GINGER CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
A beautifully fragrant spice cake flavored with classic masala chai spices and topped with fresh ginger cream cheese frosting. This cake is sure to make your mouth water and is always a great crowd pleaser!
Provided by Priti D
Categories Desserts Cakes Spice Cake Recipes
Time 2h45m
Yield 20
Number Of Ingredients 22
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.
- Begin cake by combining water, 3 tea bags, ginger root, cardamom pods, 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, and 1/4 teaspoon cloves in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and keep warm.
- Combine sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add molasses and egg; mix well.
- Mix flour, baking soda, cardamom, and salt with remaining 1 teaspoon cinnamon and 1/2 teaspoon cloves in a separate bowl. Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, one half at a time; stir to combine. Strain hot tea and slowly pour into the batter and stir until smooth; batter will be thin. Pour into the prepared cake pans.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Invert carefully onto a serving plate or cooling rack. Let cool, about 30 minutes.
- While the cakes are cooling, combine water, sugar, and tea bags for simple syrup in a small pot over medium-high heat. Cook until sugar has dissolved, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool slightly.
- Brush simple syrup over cooled and leveled cakes until the majority of the cake has absorbed the syrup. Do not oversoak the cakes; you want enough syrup to soak in and keep cakes moist and flavorful without flooding them. Place cakes in the refrigerator for 1 hour or until ready to decorate.
- Combine cream cheese, butter, and ginger for frosting in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth. Add sugar and blend until smooth. Frost cake.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 326.9 calories, Carbohydrate 52.4 g, Cholesterol 43 mg, Fat 12.4 g, Fiber 0.6 g, Protein 2.9 g, SaturatedFat 7.7 g, Sodium 230.3 mg, Sugar 36.5 g
CHOCOLATE CHAI LATTE CAKE
Spiced chai latte coffee mix lends fabulous flavor to chocolate cake conveniently prepared in a 13x9 pan.
Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Side Dish
Time 1h55m
Yield 15
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Grease or spray bottom only of 13x9-inch pan with baking spray with flour.
- In small bowl, toss chocolate chips with 1 tablespoon of the cake mix. In large bowl, beat remaining cake mix, 1/4 cup dry chai latte mix, the water, oil and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Stir in coated chocolate chips. Pour into pan.
- Bake as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
- In medium bowl, mix powdered sugar and butter until smooth; set aside. In small microwavable bowl, microwave milk on High 10 to 15 seconds or until very warm. Stir in 1 tablespoon dry chai latte mix until dissolved; stir into powdered sugar mixture until smooth and spreadable. Spread over cake. Just before serving, sprinkle with cinnamon. Store loosely covered.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 360, Carbohydrate 53 g, Cholesterol 45 mg, Fat 3, Fiber 1 g, Protein 3 g, SaturatedFat 5 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 290 mg, Sugar 40 g, TransFat 0 g
CHOCOLATE CHAI COFFEE CAKE
This flavorful spiced whole wheat chocolate chai coffee cake is a unique addition when made for guests or brought to brunch. It is also easy and child friendly. The bananas keep the cake moist without an overwhelming banana flavor. Serve with chai tea. Enjoy!
Provided by milkmom
Categories Desserts Fruit Dessert Recipes Banana Dessert Recipes
Time 1h
Yield 16
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
- Combine pecans, brown sugar, flour, butter, nutmeg, cloves, cardamom, and cinnamon in a bowl. Blend with a fork until crumbly.
- Mix chocolate chips, flour, cloves, baking powder, and baking soda in bowl.
- Combine sugar, cream cheese, butter, and vanilla in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add bananas and eggs; blend until combined. Mix in flour mixture slowly. Beat batter for 1 minute.
- Pour batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle pecan topping evenly over the batter.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 35 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 390.9 calories, Carbohydrate 47.1 g, Cholesterol 55 mg, Fat 22.9 g, Fiber 4 g, Protein 5 g, SaturatedFat 12.1 g, Sodium 190.8 mg, Sugar 31.5 g
SPICED CHAI BUNDT CAKE
I do love a good Bundt cake-they're just so elegant and beautiful! This easy melt and mix recipe is flavored with chai tea leaves and pumpkin pie spice.
Provided by Donna Hay
Categories Cake Tea Dessert Bake Kid-Friendly Quick & Easy Vegetarian Pescatarian Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free Kosher Small Plates
Yield 8-10 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Place the chai and water in a small bowl and mix to combine. Place the flour, sugar, pumpkin pie spice, eggs, milk, butter, vanilla and tea mixture in a large bowl and whisk until smooth.
- Pour into a well-greased Bundt pan and cook for 30-35 minutes or until cooked when tested with a skewer. Invert onto a wire rack and allow to cool for 10 minutes in the pan. Gently lift off the pan and allow to cool completely before serving.
VANILLA CHAI POUND CAKE RECIPE - (4.3/5)
Provided by JMGeorge
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Heat milk in a heatproof bowl or measuring cup to almost boiling in microwave (took about 90 seconds in mine) Add tea bags and let tea steep for 6 minutes. Strain and set aside to cool. Grease and flour bundt pan, set aside. Sift flour, baking powder and salt together. In mixing bowl, cream butter until fluffy. Add in sugar and cream. Add eggs, one at a time, making sure to completely incorporate. Fold in flour and tea infused milk. Just till combined. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 45-55 minutes until golden on top and a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let cool in pan before inverting onto serving plate. For the glaze, steep tea bags in boiling water for 6 minutes, Strain, In large bowl whisk tea into powdered sugar until smooth and creamy, drizzle over cooled cake.
CHAI CAKE
A Watkins recipe. Definitely try to make with Watkins vanilla and cinnamon if you can. If using any other type of vanilla you will need to double the amount of vanilla in the recipe.
Provided by mariposa13
Categories Dessert
Time 40m
Yield 1 cake
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Heat oven to 325°F/170°C
- Grease and flour a round cake pan (8"/20 cm).
- Stir hot water into Chai Latte until blended. Measure 1/2 cup/125 mL of the chai latte for the cake and set aside 2 tbsp/30 mL for glaze.
- Mix flour, baking powder, 1 tsp cinnamon, cloves, ginger and salt. Set aside.
- Beat sugar and butter in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, scraping bowl occasionally, until fluffy.
- Beat in eggs and vanilla until smooth and blended.
- Gradually beat in flour mixture alternately with 1/2 cup Chai Latte until smooth.
- Pour into pan.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack.
- Cool completely, about 1 hour.
- Spread Chai glaze over top of cake, allowing some to drizzle down side. Sprinkle with additional cinnamon.
- For glaze, melt butter in 1-quart/litre saucepan over medium heat.
- Stir in remaining ingredients until smooth. Drizzle glaze on cake. If desired, grate cinnamon on top as garnish.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 2938.6, Fat 126.7, SaturatedFat 76.3, Cholesterol 728.1, Sodium 2093.8, Carbohydrate 431.1, Fiber 5.2, Sugar 328.4, Protein 26.9
CHAI CAKE FOR BREAD MACHINES
This bread machine cake is very moist, but not exactly a coffee cake. This bread was an experiment that turned out to be pretty good for breakfast (or as a snack/dessert). I topped my pieces with strawberry cream cheese. But I'm sure you could put any number of things on top to help you satisfy your sweet tooth. Enjoy!
Provided by vadener
Categories 100+ Breakfast and Brunch Recipes Breakfast Bread Recipes
Time 3h55m
Yield 10
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Prepare the chai tea using one packet or two tablespoons of dry mix stirred into 3/4 cup hot water. Allow to cool for about 10 minutes.
- Combine the chai tea, Chardonnay, vanilla extract, egg yolk, frozen raspberries, and butter in the pan of a bread machine. Add the bread flour, rye flour, all-purpose flour, wheat bran, yeast, walnuts, caraway seed, sugar, and salt.
- Select the "Sweet" setting with a "Light Crust" and press Start. When the bread has finished baking, allow it to cool for at least 30 minutes before slicing and serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 184.4 calories, Carbohydrate 27.9 g, Cholesterol 23.5 mg, Fat 6.3 g, Fiber 2.9 g, Protein 4.3 g, SaturatedFat 1.7 g, Sodium 253.6 mg, Sugar 7.7 g
JERRICA'S CHAI-SPICED CARROT CAKE
Steps:
- PREHEAT oven to 325*. Grease and line with parchment paper three 9" cake rounds. Line one cookie sheet with aluminum foil. CHAI-SPICED PECANS: In heavy-bottomed saucepan, melt butter. Add spices and cook until fragrant (1-2 min). Add sugar and heat until dissolved. Add pecans; mix until coated. Pour mixture onto tray lined with foil. Bake at 325* for about 7 minutes. Allow to cool while making cake. CAKE: Beat first three ingredients thoroughly. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each; add extracts and continue to beat for an additional 2 minutes. Combine next eight ingredients (flour, baking powder/soda, salt and spices) and sift into wet ingredients. Combine. Stir in remaining ingredients. BAKE until tester comes out clean- about 45 minutes. While cakes are baking, make glaze and frosting. MAKE GLAZE: Combine all ingredients and bring to a boil. Allow to boil, while stirring, until slightly darkened in color; about 5 minutes. Off heat, stir in vanilla extract. MAKE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING: Beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Add in sugar and pinch of salt and beat for 5 minutes. Add vanilla and lemon and beat an additional 5 minutes. POUR glaze atop cakes while still hot and in tins. Allow to cool completely in racks. TO ASSEMBLE CAKE, spread thin layer of cream cheese frosting on first layer. Place second layer and add a thin layer of frosting. Place third layer and frost entire cake. Finish with 5 oz raw, chopped pecans to cover sides.
CHAI CAKE
Want a flavor adventure? Try Chai Cake and play the guessing game with guests.
Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Dessert
Time 2h10m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Heat oven to 350°F. Line bottom and side of round pan, 8x1 1/2 inches, with cooking parchment paper. Grease paper with shortening; lightly flour. Place tea bags in boiling water in measuring cup; let stand 5 minutes. Remove tea bags, squeezing liquid into measuring cup. Add enough water to tea to measure 2/3 cup. Measure 1/2 cup tea for cake; reserve 2 tablespoons tea for glaze.
- In medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, the salt, ginger, cardamom and cloves; set aside. In large bowl, beat granulated sugar and 1/2 cup butter with electric mixer on medium speed, scraping bowl occasionally, until fluffy. Beat in eggs and 1 teaspoon vanilla until smooth and blended. Gradually beat in flour mixture alternately with 1/2 cup tea until smooth. Pour into pan.
- Bake 28 to 33 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
- Meanwhile, in 1-quart saucepan, melt 2 tablespoons butter over medium heat. Stir in all remaining ingredients until smooth. Spread Chai Glaze over top of cooled cake, allowing some to drizzle down side. Sprinkle with additional cinnamon.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 370, Carbohydrate 54 g, Cholesterol 90 mg, Fat 3, Fiber 1 g, Protein 3 g, SaturatedFat 9 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 280 mg
Tips for Baking a Perfect Chai Cake
- Use freshly brewed chai tea to enhance the cake's flavor. - Add a generous amount of spices, such as cinnamon, cardamom, and ginger, to create a warm and aromatic taste. - Use a combination of all-purpose flour and almond flour to give the cake a moist and dense texture. - Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy to incorporate air into the batter, resulting in a tender crumb. - Gradually add the eggs one at a time to prevent the batter from curdling. - Fold in the dry ingredients gently to avoid over-mixing, which can toughen the cake. - Bake the cake in a preheated oven to ensure even cooking and prevent the cake from sinking in the center. - Allow the cake to cool completely before frosting or serving to let the flavors meld and the cake to set properly. ###Conclusion
Chai cake is a delightful treat that combines the warm spices of chai tea with the comforting flavors of a classic cake. With careful attention to ingredients and baking techniques, you can create a moist, flavorful, and aromatic cake that is perfect for any occasion. Experiment with different chai tea blends and spices to find your favorite combination, and enjoy a slice of this delicious cake with a cup of hot tea for a truly comforting experience.
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