Chai Birthday Cupcakes!

So, the very talented Lisa Chow whipped up some AMAZING Chai Cupcakes for my birthday today and they were pretty delicious! 

Check out the recipe:

Chai Frosting

Yield: About 2 cups

Ingredients:

• 1 stick (1/2 cup) room-temperature butter
• 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
• 1/8 tsp. ground cardamom
• 1/8 tsp. sea salt
• 2.5 cups sifted confectioners sugar
• 4 tbsp. instant chai concentrate

Preparation:

1. In a medium-sized mixing bowl, cream all the ingredientys except for the confectioners sugar and "chai tea" concentrate.
2. Once the butter mixture is light and fluffy, begin adding the sugar one heaping tablespoon at a time. Beat the mixture as you add the sugar, or beat it until it is smooth in between adding each scoop.
3. Add three tablespoons of the chai concentrate. Beat until smooth
4. Add more chai concentrate as needed to achieve the desired consistency.
5. If desired, chill the frosting before using it to ice cake, cupcakes or other baked goods.

This frosting recipe can be prepared up to one week in advance and stored in a sealed, refrigerated container.

It yields rough two cups of frosting, which is enough to frost about one-dozen cupcakes or one eight-inch, two-layer layer cake.