16 November 2023
AVANTCHA Noel Orange Black Tea Spiced Cupcakes

AVANTCHA Noel Spiced Cupcakes

Our AVANTCHA Noel festive black tea is the ideal ingredient in Christmas bakes, created with rich, smooth black tea and blended with natural orange peel, whole cloves, cardamom, Ceylon cinnamon, aniseed and ginger. Here, we’ve added it to the lightest cupcakes, sandwiched and topped with orange zest-infused cream cheese frosting.

Recipe serves 6

Duration 40 mins

AVANTCHA Noel Spiced Cupcakes Ingredients

  • 100g caster sugar
  • 100g soft butter
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 200g self raising flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tbsp AVANTCHA Noel ground to a fine powder and sifted
  • 1 tbsp milk

For the frosting

  • 225g icing sugar
  • 100g cream cheese
  • 12.5g soft butter
  • 2 tsps orange juice
  • Zest of half an orange

Method

  • Preheat oven to 190 degrees celsius (fan)
  • Butter and line a 20cm cake pan with baking paper
  • Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy
  • Add beaten egg and stir to incorporate
  • Add flour, baking powder, tea powder and fold gently
  • Stir milk in carefully
  • Pour into baking tray and bake for 12 – 15 minutes
  • While baking, create the frosting by beating cream cheese and butter together until smooth and then slowly sifting icing sugar over the top and folding in – add the zest and a little juice to loosen if needed once all the icing sugar has been folded in
  • Place on rack to cool and turn out when no longer warm to the touch
  • Using a small cutter (4cm) carefully cut rounds into the cake
  • Sandwich two rounds together with frosting, adding extra on top with a sprinkling of zest
  • Store in an airtight container and consumer within 2 days

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