Banana Caramel Cupcakes with Chai Vanilla Cream Cheese Icing
Author Notes: A sweet, moist cake to go perfectly with a tangy, spice filled frosting. Frosting recipe adapted from Food52. —Emmi
Makes 12
granulated sugar, chai tea, water, cinnamon, cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, honey.
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1/4
cup granulated sugar
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1/2
cup chai tea leaves
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1/4
cup water
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6
ounces room temperature cream cheese
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1/2
cup room temperature butter
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1
cup powdered sugar
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1/2
teaspoon vanilla extract
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1
teaspoon honey
- Brew your tea in the 1/4 cup of water. This works best if you don't use tea bags.
- Pour the brewed tea, granulated sugar, and cinnamon into a small saucepan. Turn the stove on to medium heat until the mixture starts to boil, then turn it down to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes.
- Take the mixture off the heat and let it steep for 20 minutes. It should turn into a thick sugary syrup.
- Put all of the ingredients including the syrup into a large stand mixer and whip until everything is mixed in.
- Spread the frosting on your cupcakes and enjoy!
all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt, unsalted butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, eggs, bananas, milk, white vinegar.
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2
cups all-purpose flour
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1
teaspoon baking soda
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1/2
teaspoon salt
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1/2
cup unsalted butter
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3/4
cup brown sugar
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1/4
cup granulated sugar
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2
large eggs
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2
very ripe bananas
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1/3
cup milk
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1
teaspoon white vinegar
- In a large bowl, sift the flour, baking soda, and salt together. Set aside.
- Cream the butter and sugars together in a large stand mixer. Add the eggs and mashed banana, and continue to mix until somewhat smooth.
- Combine the milk and vinegar together and then fold them into the flour mixture. Add the banana mixture to that and continue to fold. It will be thick.
- Pour the batter into a lined muffin tin and bake at 350 for about 35 minutes.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Recipe with Tea
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almost 5 years ago Johnny Ringo
We really liked these as muffins, we skipped the frosting, but they were still delicious. Thanks for posting.
almost 5 years ago Johnny Ringo
I think 35 minutes is way too long for these...is that a typo? We pulled them out of the oven after about 18 minutes and they were done, so wondering if you meant 15 minutes??
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