Chai Buttercream Frosting recipe

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Ingredients

2 chai tea bags
¼ cup boiling water
1 cup unsalted butter or margarine, softened
8 cups confectioners' sugar
½ cup cold milk

Nutrition Info

466.5 calories
carbohydrate: 83.9 g
cholesterol: 41.5 mg
fat: 15.6 g
fiber: : -
protein: 0.5 g
saturatedFat: 9.9 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 7.2 mg
sugar: 82.3 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Prepare a very strong tea by steeping the tea bag in boiling water for 10 minutes.

  2. Meanwhile, cream the butter in a large bowl using an electric mixer until fluffy. Add confectioners' sugar, and continue creaming until well blended.

  3. Pour tea into cold milk, beat milk into frosting until incorporated. Continue beating frosting until fluffy.

Recipe Yield

3 cups

Recipe Note

I made this buttercream to decorate vanilla cupcakes. It has a spicy kick but is still sweet.

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