Chai masala cake is a tender soft cake with a chai masala streusel topping which creates a lovely aroma in the cake and is perfect to serve with your cup of tea. You can use homemade masala tea spice mix.
Chai Masala Cake Recipe
Delicious chai masala cake with step by step pictures.
I love baking simple, elegant, easy, soft, plain, not too sweet cakes which pairs beautifully with a cup of chai or coffee. Love cream cakes, but i don't crave for it often. I love chocolate cakes anytime, there is no time limit for it. But plain cakes are my favorite.
When talking about cakes, i have a special addiction in making streusal cakes. There is something special about this kind of cakes. It take the ordinary simple cakes to the next level.
My recent favorite is this cake. When i came across this recipe i want to bake it immediately. I had all the ingredients except chai masala powder. In fact you can make your own chai masala. But I was so lazy to make a batch. So last week when i was shopping i picked a packet of that and was ready to bake. The chai masala gave a lovely aroma to the cakes and my entire house smelled so heavenly when i was baking this.
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Chai Masala Cake Ingredients
Chai Masala - mixture of whole spices toasted and powdered to create a masala spice mix which is usually added to tea to create masala cake
Fat - I used oil in this cake, you can use melted butter for more flavour.
Yogurt - yogurt makes the cake tender and soft.
The one thing which i modified in this recipe is the butter, i substituted it with oil, still the cake turned out so soft and moist.The yogurt which we add in this recipe made the cake so moist. The entire batch disappeared the same day itself. It was that good. Everyone loved it so much. The cashews which we add in the topping gave a lovely crunch to the cakes and made it so special. So try this cake and let me know how it turned out.
How to Make Chai Masala Cake
Take a 20 cm loaf pan and butter it generously, dust it with flour and tap off the excess. Set it aside till use.
Preheat the oven to 180 Degree C / 360 Degree F.
- Take flour, baking powder and baking soda in a sifter and sieve them. Set them aside till use.
- Now make the streusal topping, Take all the ingredients for streusal topping in a bowl and fork it through till it resembles crumble. Set it aside till use.
- Now start making the batter. Take oil, sugar and vanilla in a bowl and mix them well.
- Add in couple of eggs and mix well.
- Now add in half of the flour mixture and fold them gently.
- Add in the yogurt and mix well.
- Now add in the remaining flour mixture and fold well.
- Add half of the batter into the loaf pan and top off with ¾ of the streusal topping. Cover with the remaining batter and top off with the remaining streusal topping.
- Bake it preheated oven for 40 to 45 mins till it is completely baked. Insert a skewer into the loaf cake till there is no wet batter on that.
- Allow the cake to cool down for 15 mins. Invert the cake to a wire rack and allow it to cool down completely.
- Slice and serve with a cup of chai.
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Chai Masala Cake Recipe | Spiced Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- All Purpose Flour / Maida - 1 ¼ cup / 150 grams
- Baking soda - ½ tsp
- Baking powder - 1 tsp
- Oil - ½ cup / 120 ml / 4 fluid ounces
- Sugar - ¾ cup / 150 grams
- Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp
- Egg - 2
- Curd / Yogurt - ¾ cup / 180 ml / 6 fluid ounces
- For Crumble Topping:
- Oil - 2 tbsp
- Flour - 2 tbsp
- Sugar - 3 tbsp
- Chai Masala Powder - 2 tblspn
- Cashew nuts - ¼ cup / 40 grams
Instructions
- ake a 20 cm loaf pan and butter it generously, dust it with flour and tap off the excess. Set it aside till use.
- Preheat the oven to 180 Degree C / 360 Degree F.
- Take flour, baking powder and baking soda in a sifter and sieve them. Set them aside till use.
- Now make the streusal topping, Take all the ingredients for streusal topping in a bowl and fork it through till it resembles crumble. Set it aside till use.
- Now start making the batter. Take oil, sugar and vanilla in a bowl and mix them well.
- Add in couple of eggs and mix well.
- Now add in half of the flour mixture and fold them gently.
- Add in the yogurt and mix well.
- Now add in the remaining flour mixture and fold well.
- Add half of the batter into the loaf pan and top off with ¾ of the streusal topping. Cover with the remaining batter and top off with the remaining streusal topping.
- Bake it preheated oven for 40 to 45 mins till it is completely baked. Insert a skewer into the loaf cake till there is no wet batter on that.
- Allow the cake to cool down for 15 mins. Invert the cake to a wire rack and allow it to cool down completely.
- Slice and serve with a cup of chai.
Chai Masala Cake Recipe with step by step pictures
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| Take flour in a sifter |
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| Add in baking powder |
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| baking soda |
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| sift it till fine |
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| Take streusel l ingredients in a bowl and mix well |
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| Set it aside till use |
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| Take oil , sugar and vanilla in a bowl |
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| Beat it till creamy |
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| Add in eggs |
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| And mix them well |
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| Now add in half of the flour mixture |
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| Pour in yogurt |
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| Add the remaining flour mixture |
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| Mix well |
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| Butter the pan and dust it with flour |
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| Pour in half of the batter |
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| ¾th of the streusel topping |
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| Cover with remaining batter |
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| Top with the remaining streusal topping |
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| All bake it |
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| Serve |
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| Enjoy a slice with a cup of chai |
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Something Ive been thinking of and you did it 🙂 Looks awesome in my to do list now 🙂
Rumana Ambrin
So perfect cake...
VineelaSiva
Aarthi the cakes looks yummy.
Sulena
Hi ma'am
Instead of putting a layer of the crumble topping, can it be mixed in the cake batter for even spread???
Thank u
Aarthi
it may change the texture.
Ponnu Alfred
Nicely done Cake ........... bookmarked ........
Pet memorials
Nicely made, hope it does taste good as it looks, I loved you recipe its so simple and easy to follow
Zahira
What exactly is chai masala
Aarthi
@ZahiraChai Masala is a spice mix which has lots of spices in it like cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg and so on. It is added to tea in a small amount to make masala tea.
morri
So far I've tried tons of your dinner recipes, but no sweets. However, as soon as I saw this, I knew it needed to change, because chai masala is one of my favourite drinks ever.
Replacing the butter with oil makes this cake incredibly light. I also love the addition of spice streusel (I used home made masala from your chai recipe). At first the loaf looks like such an innocent teacake, but then you suddenly feel the "punch" and your mouth gets all warm from the spices. Yum!
ushaprashanth
Hi!
Where do we get this loaf tin from? cake looks lovely!!
ushaprashanth
@Aarthi
Great Aarthi! could you give me the link for that online shop?
Tanuja Durve
Hi !Aarthi,
What if yoghurt is dropped in this recipe ?Will it affect the taste of the cake?Pls reply becoz I've chai masala & I can make it for tomorrow's brunch.
Regards,
Tanuja Durve.
Aarthi
@Tanuja DurveYou cannot skip yogurt in this. It is a main ingredient to make the cake soft
Anonymous
how to make chai asala as I don't have instant chai masala Arthi
Aarthi
@AnonymousCheck out this post
https://www.yummytummyaarthi.com/2012/02/masala-chai-indian-masala-tea-how-to.html
farzana vaseem
Hi..d link u mentioned above 4 preparing d masala chai at home says dat d page does not exist....pls help
rakhi
If I'll not put egg into.even then it will be fine??
Aarthi
@rakhiI haven't tried this cake without eggs. But if you dont want to use eggs, add some more may be 1/4 cup of curd. I think it will be good. Try it and let me know the results.
Aarthi
@farzana vaseemCheck this out
https://www.yummytummyaarthi.com/2012/02/masala-chai-indian-masala-tea-how-to.html
Anu Priya
Best Recipe. I loved it. Thanks for sharing the wonderful recipe with us. Spices Online
Anonymous
Hi Aarthi,
Excelent recipe..cake looks so yumm...but a small confusion.The chai masala in your recipe says 2 tbsp, whereas the 'showmethecurry' site says 2 tsp.I have with me Everest tea masala pwd...how much to add?thanx
ramesh rathode
Chai Masala Cake is Indian favorite cake every one like this cake even me also.few more cake like every one you can see those cake in this website delivery cakes in hyderabad
Usha Sivashankaran
Can egg be substituted with any other ingredient . Thanks.
Aarthi
@Usha Sivashankaranno sub for egg in this recipe
Shailu Niche
Your chai masala recipe is amazing! It is so simple and quick. Thanks for sharing this unique recipe. I will prepare and add it to my site Bestbake.in.
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What an idea, indianized version of western recipe... Wow... Converting the cake into a snacks... Nice thoughts...
Swetha G
It's really simply superb cake. Basically I love dis type of cakes. Sure I will try this cake.Valentines day online gift
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Anonymous
Hmm, yummylicious recipe for an additional flavour in cake,
Cake making described above was very easy to understand with photos
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callacake
Very pretty! I bet this tastes great toasted! I'm thinking I would like this type of cakes .
Abhishek Pandey
Really yummytummy chai masala cake
Anonymous
Can we use more quantity of baking powder when short of baking soda ??pls guide with the proportions if so. Thanks
Indian Bakers
What a recipe! Never thought of Chai masala falvor. This cake will go well in my house..we all chai lovers. A must try for tea time! Thanks a lot for the recipe
Yojana
Did you use powdered sugar or regular crystal sugar that we get in India ?
Aarthi
U can use normal sugar
Gansu
Nice recipe though, but one question can I add honey for better taste or any other alternate to sugar that I can make use of? Please suggest
Floranet
What a Fantastic Post!! Love your work.
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India Flowers
This is the best thing a chai lover could get with their morning chai. Great stuff.
Kevin Walters
You got different flavors when it comes to an indian chai and the masala chai is the when everyone cherishes.
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Thank you for sharing this delightful recipe. I can hardly wait to try it.
rohit
Masala flavour is what makes it apart from other key ingredients.
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The cake is a type of dessert, which you can even bake at home by practicing some easy instructions. But, you know what this delight comes in many flavors. So to stop your mouth watering
John Mathew
Thank you for the recipe. Looks very delicious