Description
This recipe comes from the delicious cupcake bakeshop by chocylit. If you love cupcakes, you need to check out her blog.
Ingredients
- Fennel Seeds
- Cloves
- Ground Cardamom
- Ground Cinnamon
- Ground Ginger
- Cacao
- Butter
- Sugar
- Eggs
- Flour
- Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- Baking Powder
- Salt
- Powdered Sugar
- Milk
- Fresh Ginger
Instructions
- With a small food processor, grind up the whole fennel and cloves
- Transfer to a small bowl and add remaining spices
- Mix to combine
- Chop chocolate and transfer into the bowl of a standing mixer
- Add butter to the chocolate and place the bowl over a pan of simmering water
- Stir until chocolate melts and butter is combined
- Remove from heat and stir in sugar
- Let mixture cool for 10 minutes
- Beat in an electric mixer for 3 minutes
- Add one egg at a time, mixing for 30 seconds between each
- Sift the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, chai spice mix, and a pinch of salt into the mixture and mix until blended
- Scoop into cupcake cups and bake at 350 f for 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
- Beat butter until creamy, scrape bowl
- Add 4 cups of sifted powdered sugar, milk, spice mix, and ginger
- Beat until combined
- Add more powdered sugar as needed to get piping consistency
- Assemble cooled cupcakes