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 . Ingredients.....4 spiced chai teabags steeped in 120 ml of boiling water, 140ml of canned evaporated milk, 3 cups of plain flour, 1 tsp of baking powder, 1 tsp of bi carb of 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, 180gm of room temp butter/ marg, 220gm of soft brown sugar, 3 lightly beaten eggs, 255gm of runny honey. Now let's get started... Grease your pan liberally and lightly sprinkle with flour or fine polenta. 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 bi carb of 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 are 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 alternating with 255gm of runny honey , continuing to mix well. So now it is time to add the 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 cooking 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 delicious !!!