Spicy Chai Cupcakes with Sweet Cinnamon Buttercream
By: Homemade & Yummy
Published: Thursday, November 10, 2016 - 7:31am

Ingredients




For the Cupcakes: 1/2 cup unsalted butter (room temperature)
1 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs (room temperature and whites/yolks separated)
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 ounces of white chocolate (melted)
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 greek vanilla flavoured yogurt
1/4 tsp. salt
2 tsp. chai flavoured baking spice
For the Buttercream: 4 cups icing sugar (sifted)
1 cup unsalted butter (room temperature)
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
3-4 tbsp. cream
Decorating sugar (optional)

Preparation

1 To make the Cupcakes:Preheat oven to 350º F and and line muffin tin with liners 2 Sift flour, baking powder and salt together onto a piece of parchment paper 3 In a bowl cream butter and sugar 4 Beat in egg yolks 5 Add melted chocolate, vanilla and mix well 6 To this butter mixture add the yogurt and flour alternately (1/3 of the flour, 1/2 of the yogurt, 1/2 of the remaining flour, the rest of the yogurt, followed by the rest of the flour) 7 In a bowl beat the egg whites until stiff 8 Fold into the batter 9 Fill muffin cups just over 1/2 way (this batter rises similar to an angel food cake) 10 Bake for 20-23 minutes, until cake tester comes out clean 11 Remove from oven, let cool slightly, then remove from muffin tin and place on cooling 12 To make the Buttercream:In a bowl cream the butter and salt until smooth and light 13 Add the icing sugar a cup at a time until well blended 14 Add the cream a tablespoon at a time, until you reach your desired buttercream consistency 15 Add the cinnamon and combine well into the buttercream 16 To Decorate:Place buttercream into a piping bag, using a decorating tip of your choice 17 Pipe buttercream onto cooled cupcakes 18 Sprinkle with decorating sugar (if desired) 19 ENJOY!!

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Spicy Chai Cupcakes with Sweet Cinnamon Buttercream will delight your taste buds. Spicy, sweet and oh so addictive. Perfect for dessert.