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Chai Latte Cupcakes




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Recipe Introduction


We love drinking spiced chai tea with steamed soymilk, but holding a steaming hot latte isn't always the most convenient thing when you need to drive or walk somewhere fast. Plus, you'd have a hard time bringing a dozen of them anywhere. So we give you a light, moist, spicy little vegan cupcake that's just as sublime as the drink. These are rather innocent as cupcakes go, topped with sugar and spices and made with slightly less oil than most cupcakes.





List of Ingredients



• 1 cup soy or rice milk
  
• 4 black teabags or 2 tablespoons loose black tea
  
• 1/4 cup canola oil
  
• 1/2 cup plain or vanilla soy yogurt
  
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  
• 1-1/3 cups all-purpose flour
  
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
  
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  
• 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
  
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
  
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
  
• pinch of ground white or black pepper
  
• For topping:
  
• 1/2 cup confectioners sugar
  
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
  
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg or ground mace
  






Instructions



1. Preheat oven to 375 and line tin with cupcake liners. In a small saucepan heat soymilk till almost boiling, add tea bags, cover and remove from heat. Let sit for 10 minutes.When ready to use stir teabags and thoroughly squeeze to insure as much tea is dissolved in milk as possible.
   
2. In a large bowl wisk together oil, yogurt, sugar, vanilla and tea mixture until all yogurt lumps disappear. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, cloves, and pepper into wet ingredients. Mix until large lumps disappear; some small lumps are okay. Fill tins full and bake about 20 to 22 minutes until a sharp knife inserted comes out clean.
   
3. Make sure cupcakes are completely cooled before adding topping, or the sugar will melt and not look pretty or powdery.
   
4. To assemble, sift confectioners sugar over cooled cupcakes first, then mix cocoa, cinnamon, and nutmeg together and sift onto each cupcake. Enjoy!