Ingredients

Cake:

• 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

Frosting:

• 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)