HONEY - CHAI SPICE CAKE .

The cake pan you need is a 22 cm round pan , I used a 10 - 12 cup bundt pan . Preheat your oven to 180 deg C . Grease your pan liberally and lightly sprinkle with flour . Measure out 120 ml of boiling water and steep 4 spiced chai tea bags for 3 minutes . Remove the tea bags and add 140 ml of canned evaporated milk .Set aside . In a medium bowl mix together 3 cups of plain flour , 1 tsp of baking powder ,1 tsp of baking soda , 1 tsp of salt ,1 tsp of ground cinnamon ,1 tsp of ground cardamon ,1 tsp of ground cloves , 1 tsp of ground ginger . Set aside . Now you ready to put the cake batter together . In your electric mixer cream 180 gm of softened butter / marg with 220 gm of soft brown sugar until light and fluffy . Add 3 lightly beaten eggs one at a time , beating well afetr each addition . Add 3/4 cup of honey ( 255gm ) and continue to mix well . So now it is time to add flour and the tea mixture . Mix until you have a smooth batter . Pour the batter in the prepared pan ( it is really aromatic ) . Bake for 40 - 45 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean . Cool for 10 minutes in the pan and then invert onto a wire rack to cool ompletely . For the glaze...... In a small saucepan heat 1/4 cup of cream to a simmer . Remove from heat and add 180 gm of white baking chocolate , whisk till smooth , let cool a little and drizzle over your honey chai spice cake . It is your choice to top with white choc buds or a sprinkle of sugar ... whether you decorate the cake or not is your choice . This cake is delicios !!!