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Everyone knows I'm a sucker for chai tea. So why not up the ante and have a chai tea WITH a Chai Tea Cupcake. Full of those yummy relaxing spices that take me straight to my happy place. Let's get to it then.....

What you need!

• 1 1/3 cup wholemeal flour (rice flour if you want them to be gluten free)
• 1/4 cup coconut oil
• 1 cup milk (rice, dairy or soy)
• 2 chai tea bags
• 2 black tea bags
• 1/2 cup natural yoghurt
• 1/2 cup raw, rapadura or coconut palm sugar
• pinch of sea salt
• pinch of black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon ginger
• 1 teaspoon cardamom
• 2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon bicarb soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence

• Place milk and tea bags in a saucepan and heat till milk nearly boils. 
• Remove from heat and let steep.
• Squeeze milk from tea bags and be sure that the final milk mixture is 1 cup. Add extra milk if need be.
• Place milk mixture, yoghurt, oil and vanilla into a large bowl.
• Mix well with a whisk.
• Add all other ingredients and combine well.
• Spoon into patty cases and bake at 180c for about 20 minutes.
• Allow to cool and dust with icing sugar.

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