Chai Latte Cupcakes (from Betty Crocker)

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) box french vanilla cake mix
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 3 eggs
• 3 tablespoons instant chai tea mix
• 1 cup vanilla baking chips
• 1 (1 lb) container vanilla frosting (or use recipe noted in description)
• ground cinnamon, for topping

Recipe

• 1 pre-heat oven to 350f for shiny metal pans (or 325f for dark or nonstick pans).
• 2 line muffin cups with paper baking cups.
• 3 in large bowl, beat cake ingredients with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds. beat on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally.
• 4 divide batter evenly among muffin cups.
• 5 bake 18-23 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 6 cool 10 minutes then remove from pan to wire rack to cool completely (about 1 hour).
• 7 in medium microwavable bowl, microwave baking chips on high 30 seconds; stir until melted (if not melted microwave 15 seconds longer).
• 8 stir until smooth then cool 5 minutes.
• 9 stir in frosting until well blended.
• 10 immediately spread or pipe frosting mixture on cupcakes.
• 11 sprinkle with cinnamon.
• 12 store loosely covered at room temperature.