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.
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.