Chai Tea Latte Cupcakes
These Chai Tea Latte Cupcakes are deliciously sweet with just a hint of spice, reminiscent of an actual Chai Tea Latte – my favourite coffee house drink.
This recipe is super easy as it uses cake mix but you could also use your favourite white cupcake recipe instead.
Since I originally published this recipe back in the early days of my blog, this has become one of my most favourite cupcake recipes. They are absolutely delectable. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!
The Turbinado sugar is not necessary but provides a nice crunchy texture in contrast to the cupcake.
Chai Tea Latte Cupcakes
Makes 24 cupcakes.
Ingredients:
4 Chai Tea bags
1 1/2 Cups Boiling Water
1 package white cake mix
3 Eggs
1/3 Cup Vegetable oil
Chai Tea Latte Glaze:
1/2 Cup Milk
3 Chai Tea Bags
2 to 3 cups powdered Sugar
Turbinado Sugar (Optional)
Directions:
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
2) Line muffin tray with cupcake baking cups. (Approx. 24 standard)
3) Steep the tea bags in the boiling water until slightly cooled. Squeeze tea bags out and then discard.
4) Combine the cake mix, cooled prepared tea, eggs and oil in large bowl until smooth.
5) Spoon batter into baking cups and fill each cup roughly 3/4 full.
6) Bake 20 minutes or until tops spring back when pressed down lightly.
7) Remove to wire rack and allow to cool completely.
8) Simmer milk in a small saucepan over medium head with tea bags until milk begins to scald. Allow to cool and squeeze out tea bags. Discard tea bags.
9) Whisk milk into powdered sugar slowly until smooth and thick enough to dip and coat cupcakes.
10) Set wire rack over waxed paper. Dip tops of cupcakes into glaze and then place on rack.
11) If desired sprinkle with Turbinado sugar then allow to set.
Chai Tea Latte Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 4 Chai Tea bags
- 1 1/2 Cups Boiling Water
- 1 package white cake mix
- 3 Eggs
- 1/3 Cup Vegetable oil
Chai Tea Latte Glaze:
- 1/2 Cup Milk
- 3 Chai Tea Bags
- 2 to 3 cups powdered Sugar
- Turbinado Sugar, (Optional)
Instructions
- 1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- 2) Line muffin tray with cupcake baking cups. (Approx. 24 standard)
- 3) Steep the tea bags in the boiling water until slightly cooled. Squeeze tea bags out and then discard.
- 4) Combine the cake mix, cooled prepared tea, eggs and oil in large bowl until smooth.
- 5) Spoon batter into baking cups and fill each cup roughly 3/4 full.
- 6) Bake 20 minutes or until tops spring back when pressed down lightly.
- 7) Remove to wire rack and allow to cool completely.
- 8) Simmer milk in a small saucepan over medium head with tea bags until milk begins to scald. Allow to cool and squeeze out tea bags. Discard tea bags.
- 9) Whisk milk into powdered sugar slowly until smooth and thick enough to dip and coat cupcakes.
- 10) Set wire rack over waxed paper. Dip tops of cupcakes into glaze and then place on rack.
- 11) If desired sprinkle with Turbinado sugar then allow to set.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
24Serving Size:
1 gramsAmount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
This post, Chai Tea Latte Cupcakes, was originally posted in October of 2012.
Those look delicious! 🙂
Love your cupcake wrappers!
Aren’t they awesome? They are Reynolds Staybrite baking cups. They are so much better than your everyday ones.
the cupcakes look delicious and they are very pretty too.
Just pinned it … these sound too yummy! Would be great to bring to book club. Thanks!
Mmmmm! The cupcakes looks so pretty (as well as yummy)! 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
We just made these and they were delicious! Thanks for the recipe!
Ohhhhh lovely! I love chai lattes so these are wonderful.
These look amazing and they sound so simple to make!
These look fantasticI never would of thought of using chai tea to bake with thanks for the share!
These look really good, will have to try them
My husband really likes chai-tea so I really want to make those for him.
Love to try this recipe!
My husband loves Chai Latte and Chai Tea…
I plan on making these for him!
Many thanks, Cindi
Thanks for sharing this recipe:)
My favorite flavour. Can’t wait to try these, thanks!
These look wonderful and the recipe looks rather easy too!
Those look really good and unique!
looks yum!
well this is a different kind of cupcake!! They look pretty tasty so this is one recipe I’m gonna have to try! Thank you so much for sharing!!
Wow… those almost look too good to eat! The paper cups are adoreable 🙂
These sound absolutely YUMMY! Have never tried anything like these.
Thanks so much for the recipe!
These sound like the perfect party cupcake
These sound AMAZING!
Those look delicious! Thanks for sharing your recipe!
can’t wait to try these out thanks so much for the recipe
try the icing on chocolate cupcakes too! delish.
My husband really likes spice cake and these will be something I
will make for him for his birthday in September!
Thanks, Cindi
sounds yummy and easy!
Going to have to try this -mine may not look as good as yours though
Oooh, YUM! I cannot wait to try these! Simple and delicious – my fave! 🙂
very yummy looking cupcakes! I’ll give this recipe a go this weekend, thanks for sharing.
Yum! One of these and a cup of tea would be the perfect treat after an afternoon of raking leaves.
I love my Tassimo Chai Tea Latte, but this gives a whole new meaning to love. Chai Tea + cupcakes all in one!
Oh my…these do look delicious! An easy recipe and I can’t wait to taste the glaze!!
These look delicious! I will have to try
Omg, I bet these are so delicious! I’ve never made a tea flavoured cupcake before! What a treat for a cold fall day!
thanks so much for the recipe
these look adorable and yummy thanks for the post
I love Chai tea and these look so good, oh my gosh I have to make them, thank you for sharing the recipe
MMMmmm yummy. These would go well with a nice cup of creamy black tea!
I love chai tea,and these muffins looks delicious! Will definitely have to make them! Thanks for sharing
these look so delicious I must try them thanks for the post
These cupcakes sound very yummy. Thank you for sharing the recipe.
Look wonderful!
I love anything with extra spice these would be AMAZING! Thanks for the recipe!
I love chai tea, so this would be an awesome recipe for me to try!
these look delicious!
All your recipes look so delish!
OMG! These sound SO delicious and I’m a HUGE chai fan! Thank you SO much for sharing this recipe, I’m almost tempted to make them right now, but alas, it is 9:44 PM and I have to be up with the kiddos in the morning. Maybe tomorrow 😀
What a good idea using flavoured tea. I love chai tea.
These look fabulous. I’ve never tried chai tea cupcakes before so this will be fun! Thank you for sharing.
These Cupcakes Look Awesome! Thanks for the recipe.
This is a crazy easy recipe! I love chai so they look awesome!
These cupcakes are most definetely on my must try list
These look wonderful! I must make these!
The cupcakes are probably tasty, but those wrappers just make them look extra-classy! (As if chai tea cupcakes didn’t sound fancy enough!) Mmm…
I am getting hungry. they look so tasty and as KD said the wrappers make them look extra classy. I;ve got to make some of these.
These look so good. I had some chai cookies last year and have been looking for a recipe ever since. These may help with that craving!
now that’s a unique and tasty cupcake!
I just love the look of these and the holder has a cool design
Late to this party, but oh my, these look delicious. Will be printing this one. Thanks for sharing. (again)
Could you make this recipe in a cake pan or loaf pan ?
It can be made in a loaf pan, but you will need to bake it for closer to 40-50 minutes.