Chai, Chai Again…

Today felt like Fall.  Much cooler, damp from rain showers, and cloudy.  This was a jeans and sweatshirt day – the first one since June.  This was a grilled peanut butter and jelly (plum apple butter) sandwich for lunch day.  This was a day to make something that smelled of cinnamon and spice to warm up and feel cozy.  This was a day for Chai Cake with Honey-Ginger Glaze.  Well, tomorrow, and the next day, and most likely the next day, will all be days for Chai Cake with Honey-Ginger Glaze.  This was another recipe from my new cake cookbook, Sky High: Irresistible Three Layer Cakes.  This was another home run recipe.  So much so that after the batter was made and poured into the pans and we each had a small taste from the scrapings in the bowl, it was determined that I had to make more just for us.  The cake was slotted to be taken to church for Welcome to Woodlands tonight, and I am not sure just taking two-thirds of a cake in would have been appropriate.  So as the cake was baking I made another half of the recipe and poured it in a muffin tin for cupcakes.  A chai latte is my favorite hot drink, and putting it in cake form, and then glazing it with a mixture of cream cheese, butter, confectioner’s sugar, honey and fresh ginger is pure genius.  Kudos to Alisa Huntsman, Peter Wynne, and Tina Rupp.  They are my current food heros.