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Just wait till you try these gourmet cupcakes! The secret is the cream cheese in the Spice Cake Recipe. It’s Chai Spice Cheesecake in a cupcake – heaven! What really takes these cupcakes over the top is the amazing Chai Spice Buttercream frosting – it’s indescribably good!

The only problem you’ll have is that your friends will be begging you to make these all the time. Not such a bad problem to have I guess!

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Some Baking Tips Before We Begin

If you use these great little party cups, which you can find here, you don’t need to use cupcake pans. You can just sit them on a cookie sheet – less pans to store and easier clean-up!
If you’ve forgotten to bring your ingredients to room temperature you can cheat a little and still get great results. Just beat the butter for about 2 minutes at high speed in your mixer and put the eggs in hot tap water for about 10 minutes.
This Spice Cake Recipe can be made as one larger cake also. Just use a 9" round pan or similar size and bake for about 30 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean.

ingredients for a perfect spice cake recipe

Yield: about 24 Cupcakes or 1 x 9" round cake.

you'll need:

8 ounces cream cheese
8 ounces butter
1 ½ cups sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
4 large eggs
1 ¾ cups plus 3 tablespoons unbleached all purpose flour
5 tablespoons cornstarch
2 teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
½ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
¼ teaspoon ground cardamom

NOTE: All amounts for this Spice Cake recipe are given in U.S. standard measures. Click here for international equivalents (page will open in a new browser window) .

Preheat oven to 350° F. Line up 24 party cups or line two 12 hole cupcake pans with cupcake liners and spray around the top of the pans with non-stick cooking spray.

using an electric mixer beat butter at high speed until light and fluffy.
add the cream cheese and beat at high speed until really well combined.
add the sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
one at a time, add the eggs, beating well after each addition.
add the vanilla while the mixer is running on low speed. Mix until combined.
sift the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, salt and spices together on to a piece of parchment or wax paper.
add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix on low speed just until smooth.
fill the cupcake liners about 2/3 full.
bake for around 22 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.
Cool the cakes in the pan (if you used a regular cupcake pan) for 15 minutes then turn out on to a rack to cool completely.

Now For The Icing On The Cake!

This frosting is what truly makes this Spice Cake Recipe so amazing.

you'll need:

1 pound powdered sugar
¾ cup vegetable shortening
1 stick butter (1/2 cup), room temperature, cut into 1” pieces
¼ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
½ cup Chai tea concentrate (Tazo brand or similar)
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
½ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
¼ teaspoon ground cardamom

using the whisk attachment on your stand mixer, mix the powdered sugar, salt, spices and vanilla on low speed until combined
add the chai tea concentrate and mix on low speed until smooth
add the shortening and mix until well combined
add the butter, on piece at a time, and mix until combined.
turn your mixer to highest speed and whip frosting until almost doubled in volume – about 12 minutes.

Assemble Your Cupcakes

Fill a piping bag or gallon sized Ziploc bag, fitted with your favorite tip, 2/3 full with the frosting and pipe a swirl of frosting on to each cupcake.

Your Spice Cake Recipe is now complete! Now go get a well deserved cup of coffee and sit back for a few minutes to admire your handiwork. Remember to take a picture while your masterpiece still looks perfect.

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