Easy spice cake recipe (chai cake), homemade with simple ingredients. Soft, moist layer cake that is paired with cream cheese frosting, caramel sauce and pistachios.
Pour warm milk in a deep bowl and add all the tea bags. Let them sit for about 10 minutes. Then, squeeze out all the milk from the tea bags and discard them. Keep this chai milk aside for now and move on to the next step.
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
In another bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and all the spices.
Dump this dry mixture into the wet mixture. Mix everything together while adding the chai milk until just combined. The batter will be thick and there might be some lumps but don't over mix!
Pour this batter into two 8x2 greased/floured round cake pans.
Bake at 350 degrees F for about 40 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
Allow the cakes to cool down completely.
Then, trim the edges and tops of each cake with a sharp knife.
Place one cake on a cake stand and frost the top with frosting. I used a piping bag with Tip #1M.
Spread some chopped pistachios and drizzle some caramel sauce.
Then, place the other cake on top of this frosting layer.
Pour some caramel sauce around the edges of the cake only.
Finally, frost the top of this cake with frosting and toss some more pistachios. Slice and enjoy!
Notes
Don't assemble a warm cake.
Use fresh tea bags to brew your tea.
Don't over-mix batter. A few lumps are fine.
Make sure to line your pans with parchment paper or grease them well to prevent sticking.
Read additional tips and variations above.
Leftovers can be stored in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 3 days.