King Arthur Flour - The Baker’s Catalogue August 2014
Cake
1 ½
cups (6 ¼ ounces) unbleached all-purpose flour
1
teaspoon cinnamon
1
teaspoon ground ginger
¾
teaspoon ground cardamom
¼
teaspoon ground nutmeg
¼
teaspoon ground cloves
¼
teaspoon baking powder
1/8
teaspoon baking soda
¼
teaspoon salt
½ cup
(8 tablespoons, 4 ounces) unsalted butter, softened
½ cup
(3 ¾ ounces) brown sugar
1/3
cup (2 3/8 ounces) granulated sugar
1
teaspoon vanilla bean paste
2
large eggs
½ cup
(4 ounces) sour cream
Syrup
½ cup
(4 ounces) brewed chai tea
1 cup
(7 ounces) granulated sugar
Preheat the oven to 350F. Lightly grease the wells of a
cakeletes pan.
To make the cakeletes: Whisk together the flour, spices,
baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
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| It smells like Christmas at Starbucks. |
Beat together the butter and sugars until light. Beat in
the vanilla then the eggs, one at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl
between each addition. Add half the dry ingredients, then all of the sour
cream, then the remaining dry ingredients, stirring just to combine.
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| Don't overmix! The baking powder will turn evil and become your arch-nemesis if you do. |
Scoop the batter into the prepared wells until they’re ¾
full – a jumbo cookie scoop works well here.
Bake the cakelets for 14 to 17 minutes, until a cake tester
inserted into the center of one comes out clean. Remove them from the oven,
cool them in the pan for 5 minutes, then turn them out onto a rack. Brush with
syrup immediately.
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| So... I don't have a cakelets pan and I don't see myself buying one anytime... well, ever. Fortunately, this recipe does just fine in a muffin pan. |
Repeat with the remaining batter.
To make the syrup: Heat the tea and sugar in a saucepan
until the sugar dissolves, stirring frequently.
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| First, make the tea. |
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| Then you can syrup the place up. |
My Rating: 5/5 "This. is. phenomenal. It's like a chai tea from a fancy coffee shop except that you can eat it for lunch. Make sure to get lots of the syrup on the top because oh. mah. God. it's amazing."
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