Chai Spice Cake with Ginger Cream Cheese Frosting – Burlap & Barrel

Ingredients

• 1 chai spice tea bag steeped in about 2 tablespoons of boiling water
• 6 egg yolks
• 1 cup milk
• 2 tsp Nyanza Vanilla Extract
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• 1 Tbsp baking powder
• 1 tsp Royal Cinnamon
• 1 tsp Cloud Forest Cardamom (ground pods), sifted
• ¼ tsp Buffalo Ginger
• ¼ tsp ground Pemba Cloves
• ¾ tsp salt
• 1½ sticks unsalted butter, softened
• 8 oz package of cream cheese, softened
• 1 stick unsalted butter, softened
• ¼ cup packed dark brown sugar (60 g)
• 2 tsp Buffalo Ginger
• 1½ tsp Royal Cinnamon
• 4½ cups powdered sugar (600 g)