Chai Spiced Tea Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 125 g butter
• 1/2 cup caster sugar
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1 1/2 cups self raising flour
• 125 ml milk
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ground
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg, ground
• 1 teaspoon clove, ground
• 3/4 cup icing sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180°c.
• 2 cream butter and sugar.
• 3 add eggs one at a time and mix well until a smooth consistency.
• 4 sift together flour and spices. add one third of dry mixture to eggs and butter.
• 5 add vanilla essence to milk, and add half to cake batter.
• 6 alternate dry and liquid ingredients, beating well between each addition.
• 7 place batter in a greased log pan.
• 8 bake 40 - 50 minutes, until a knife or skewer can be inserted and removed clean. remove from oven and allow to cool before glazing.
• 9 for glaze: sift icing sugar and cinnamon. add milk and vanilla and mix until smooth. add more milk if necessary to make a runny paste. spread icing mixture over cake. allow to set and serve.