Chai Mug Cake
Chai in a cake form. A simple cake made with steeped tea bags and flavored with chai spices.
Equipment
- 1 mug tall enough to not overflow when cake rises in the microwave.
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup boiling hot milk
- 2 plain black tea bags, I use wagh bakri
- 3 tablespoon all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon fine ground almond meal see notes if you want to just use flour
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- 2 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoon melted ghee or unslated butter or neutral oil
- pinch of ground cinnamon & green cardamom
Instructions
- Add the tea bags to the mug. Pour over boiling hot milk over the tea bags. Alternatively you can first warm up the milk in the mug in the microwave and then add the tea bags to it. Set aside to let the tea bags steep for 8-10 minutes for a strong flavor of tea.
- Once the tea bags have steeped, squeeze them very well using a spatula or back of spoon to strain all the milk. Discard the tea bags. Do not skip this part else the quantity of milk will be less in the recipe.
- To the tea flavored milk, add the flour, almond meal, sugar, baking powder, melted ghee and ground spices. Using a spoon mix very well until the batter is not lumpy. After adding all the ingredients, your mug should be half full, this will ensure that the cake will not overflow when it rises in the microwave.
- Microwave for 1 minute + 25-30 seconds in a full power mode (My microwave is 1000 watts) Every microwave is different, so you might need to tweak the time a bit. Use a long skewer inserted in the center of the cake to check for doneness if you arent sure if the cake is cooked.
- Dust with powdered sugar and enjoy while still warm.
Notes
- If you don't want to use almonds, simply used ¼ cup of flour.
- Measure the ghee when its melted. Use any neutral oil like canola or vegetable if you don't want to use ghee.
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