Ingredients
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30 mini cupcake liners
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1 cup all-purpose flour
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1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
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1/4 cup instant chai tea mix
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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1/4 teaspoon salt
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1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick)
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3/4 cup sugar
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2 large eggs
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1/3 cup milk
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1/2 teaspoon vanilla
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3/4 cup softened cream cheese, from the tub
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1/4 cup instant chai tea mix
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1/4 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Line mini muffin pans with liners.
- Combine flour, chai mix, cocoa, baking powder and salt and whisk together.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine butter and sugar and cream together (approx 3 minutes).
- Add eggs one at a time and beat well.
- Add vanilla.
- On low speed, alternate adding flour and milk into the creamed butter mixture and beat.
- Fill cupcake cups with batter 3/4 full.
- Bake for approximately 15 minutes or until done.
- Let cakes cool completely.
- Combine all the ingredients and mix until smooth.
- Refridgerate until cakes have cooled.
- Frost cakes.
- Sprinkle cocoa powder or powdered sugar on top frosting as a garnish.
- *TIP--To make it easier to fill mini cupcakes holders, place batter in a large plastic ziplock bag, snip off a bit on the corner.