Adding Some Spice

I really like Chai tea. And Chai Spice tea. And Chai Spice lattes. Sensing a pattern? So, when I found this recipe for Chai Spice bread I just had to try it. Given that the last week or so has been spent pining away for fall, and it actually got semi-chilly and rained for a week, I was in the mood to bake something. This seemed seasonally appropriate, so, here it is:

You Need:


3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup Chai tea
1/3 cup milk
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp vanilla
1/8 tsp cloves
2 eggs
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp ground cardamon
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon

3-5 tbs milk
1/4 tsp vanilla
1 cup powdered sugar
ground cinnamon

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Heat oven to 400, and grease a loaf pan.

Beat sugar and butter until fluffy. Beat in tea, 1/3 cup milk, 2 tsp vanilla, and eggs until well combined. Stir in flour, baking powder, cardamon, cinnamon, salt and cloves. Pour into the loaf pan.

Bake 50-60 minutes. (55 did it for me)

Once bread has cooled, stir together powdered sugar, 1/4 tsp vanilla, and 3-5 tbs milk, one tbs at a time until thin enough to spread. Drizzle over bread and allow to harden. Sprinkle with ground cinnamon.

Makes 16 slices, 190 calories.

Just out of the oven

Just after icing

And a peek at the inside

This was very good. If you aren't used to the taste of Chai, you may or may not care for it. It's a light flavor, but it's also obviously there.

The only negative note i'll make about this recipe is that it was very hard to slice the bread. The outside had a slight crunch to it, so I had to put some force into the knife, but at the same time the inside was very soft and didn't hold together well. So, this was a little crumbly, and not all the slices came out looking pretty, but it tasted great.