Gluten-Free Chai Spiced Cake
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Serves: 24
 
Ingredients
Chai Spiced Cake
  • 1 cup white rice flour
  • 1 cup tapioca flour
  • ½ cup potato starch
  • 1 teaspoon guar gum
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 2 cups sugar
  • ⅔ cup butter, melted (or DF margarine)
  • 1 cup water
  • 4 Chai tea bags
  • ½ cups milk (or rice milk)
  • 4 teaspoons gf vanilla
  • 4 egg whites (or 2 eggs)
Chai Spiced Frosting
  • ¼ cup butter, softened (or dairy-free margarine)
  • ¼ cup milk (or almond milk)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon cardamon
  • ¼ teaspoon ginger
  • ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
  • 4+ cups powdered sugar
Directions
Chai Spiced Cake
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 2 - 9 inch pans or 24 line cupcake pan.
  2. Bring water to a boil. Add tea bags and steep while you are assembling the other ingredients.
  3. In a large bowl combine white rice flour, tapioca flour, potato starch, guar gum, and sugar.
  4. Beat the egg whites with a fork.
  5. Add tea, milk, and melted butter.
  6. Add the liquids to the flour mixture and beat for 2 –3 minutes on high.
  7. Pour batter into 2 greased 9 inch cake pan. Bake at 350 for 35 minutes. Or poor into cupcake pan and bake for 18 - 22 minutes.
  8. Place on a cooling rack to cool. Once cooled frost with the recipe below.
Chai Spiced Frosting
  1. Combine all of the ingredients in a bowl until just mixed.
  2. Use a mixer and blend until smooth and creamy.
  3. Test the consistency and add either milk or sugar and blend again to achieve the desired consistency for spreading.
Recipe by Premeditated Leftovers™ at https://premeditatedleftovers.com/?p=15460