Pumpkin Cupcakes with Chai Cream Cheese Frosting

Name: Pumpkin Cupcakes with Chai Cream Cheese Frosting
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 18
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking soda; 118 milliliters butter (1 stick), at room temperature; 3 cardamom pods; 2 chai tea bags; 1 cinnamon stick; 227 grams cream cheese, at room temperature; 3 eggs; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon honey; 118 milliliters light brown sugar; 1 teaspoons nutmeg; 177 milliliters powdered sugar; 425 grams pureed pumpkin; 237 milliliters canola or safflower oil; 1 teaspoon salt; 59 milliliters sugar; 355 milliliters sugar; 2 Tbsps decorative gold sugar; 1 teaspoons vanilla extract

The recipe Pumpkin Cupcakes with Chai Cream Cheese Frosting could satisfy your American craving in roughly 45 minutes. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 293 calories, 3g of protein, and 12g of fat. This recipe serves 18. It is Head to the store and pick up sugar, vanillan extract, cream cheese, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350F. Grease the cupcake pans very well, and, if you like, place cupcake liners in each.

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Cupcakes

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Muffin Liners

Oven

In a medium bowl, combine the dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger in medium bowl). In another, larger bowl, using handheld or stand mixer, beat together the sugar and oil until the sugar is saturated by the oil. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then stir in the pumpkin.

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Baking Soda

Cinnamon

Pumpkin

Ginger

Nutmeg

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Egg

Salt

Cooking Oil

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Stand Mixer

Bowl

Add the flour mixture, and fold with a rubber spatula until just combined. Divide batter equally among cake pans.

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All Purpose Flour

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Spatula

Bake the cupcakes for 15-20 minutes, or until a tester inserted comes out clean. Cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, then carefully remove the cupcakes to a rack to cool completely.

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Cupcakes

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Oven

Frying Pan

Combine the sugar, 5 tablespoons water, the chai tea bags, cardamom pods, and cinnamon stick in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring to make sure the sugar dissolves, then simmer, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Turn off the heat and let the syrup steep another 20 minutes.

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Cinnamon Stick

Cardamom Pods

Chai Tea Bag

Sugar

Syrup

Water

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Sauce Pan

Remove the cardamom pods and cinnamon stick, and squeeze out all the flavor from the tea bags, then toss them.

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Cinnamon Stick

Cardamom Pods

Tea Bag

Let the syrup come to room temperature before proceeding.

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Syrup

Using a food processor or a mixer, combine the butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, honey, and chai syrup until very smooth. If you have time, refrigerate for a few hours to let the flavors come together, but take out of the fridge at least 1 hour before frosting the cupcakes, so that its spreadable.

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Vanilla Extract