Spiced Chai Latte Cupcakes with Cinnamon Swiss Meringue Buttercream

Name: Spiced Chai Latte Cupcakes with Cinnamon Swiss Meringue Buttercream
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar; 1 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 4 black tea bags or 2 tablespoons loose leaf black tea; 79 milliliters canola oil; 2 Tbsps cornstarch; 2 larges egg whites; 296 milliliters all-purpose flour; 177 milliliters granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon ground cardamom; 0 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 0 teaspoons ground cloves; 1 teaspoons ground ginger; 0 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 1 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters soy milk; 118 milliliters sugar; 177 milliliters (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

The recipe Spiced Chai Latte Cupcakes with Cinnamon Swiss Meringue Buttercream could satisfy your American craving in roughly 45 minutes. For 53 cents per serving, you get a dessert that serves 12. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 307 calories, 3g of protein, and 18g of fat per serving. If you have egg whites, baking powder, ground cinnamon, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350F.

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Oven

Heat soymilk in a small saucepan or microwave until almost boiling.

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Soymilk

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Microwave

Sauce Pan

Remove from heat and add tea bags. Allow to steep for 10 minutes, then remove teabags, squeezing out as much soymilk as possible. Re-measure, and add more soymilk to make exactly 1 cup.

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Tea Bag

Soymilk

Whisk in cider vinegar, and side aside until curdled.In a large bowl, sift together the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and spices.

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Corn Starch

Apple Cider Vinegar

Spices

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Pour in soy milk mixture, along with oil, sugar, and vanilla, and stir just until no large lumps remain.Fill cupcake liners with 1/4 cup of batter (liners should be 2/3 full), and bake for 20-22 minutes or until puffed and golden.

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Soymilk

Cupcakes

Vanilla

Sugar

Cooking Oil

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Muffin Liners

Oven

Transfer to a cooling rack and allow to cool completely before frosting.For buttercream: put the sugar and eggwhites in a large heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water and whisk constantly, keeping mixture over the heat, until it feels hot to the touch, about 3 minutes. The sugar should be dissolved, and the mixture will look like marshmallow cream.

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Marshmallow Cream

Egg Whites

Frosting

Sugar

Water

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Wire Rack

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Whisk

Bowl

Pour the mixture into the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment and beat on medium speed until it cools and forms a thick and shiny meringue, about 5 minutes. Switch to the paddle attachment and add the butter, one tablespoon at a time, beating until smooth. Once all the butter is in, beat the buttercream on medium-high speed until is is thick and very smooth, 6-10 minutes.

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Butter