What can make a coconut cake even better? Infusing the coconut milk with chai tea. The result was a cake that was amazing. And this cake was simple to make which is just what I need this week.
One of the steps in making the cake was to heat coconut milk and butter in a small saucepan. At this point, I threw in 4 chai tea bags and let them seep. The flavors played well together: coconut, chai, vanilla, and a bit of rum; the crumb and crust were just right; and I got to use my kugelhopf pan.
Thank you to Carmen of Carmen Cooks for hosting this week’s Tuesdays with Dorie selection. If you would like the recipe for Coconut Tea Cake, visit her blog or buy the book.
Oh, and because the recipe doesn’t use the whole can of coconut milk, I made this–Steamed Coconut Rice–and added peas. I suggest you try it
Wendy the chai option is really a great idea !! I’ll try it soon !! Love
Your cake looks gorgeous! Great idea to use the chai teabags.
Your cake looks gorgeous! I love your bundt pan!
The cake…The rice…it all sounds good. Yum!
YUM – the addition on chai sounds awesome! Thanks for baking with me, and I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
chai with coconut milk? you’re certainly a genius!!!
Gorgeous cake, and chai sounds like a perfect addition. Making a note in my cookbook now…
good job reusing the kugelhopf pan!
Look perfect!
Great tasting cake and you were brave to incorporate a new ingredient!
Love the tea idea, for a tea cake!
Beautiful cake. Sounds absolutely delicious.
Love your pan! Thanks for the rice recipe, I need to use my coconut milk.
The flavors of coconut and chai together have to be fantastic! What a great idea.
Chai spices would be awesome in the cake! I love that idea.
CHAI tea..my favorite hot drinks of all ! What a fantastic idea to use it in this cake! It looks fabulous!
Adding Chai = genius! Sounds so good, and looks beautiful.
Awesome cake you’ve got there!
Oh wow, I love chai! Excellent idea!
Coconut Chai what could be better!!!
Ooh what a fantastic combo! I’ll have to try your rice, too!
Chai would be such a great flavor with this!
Wow – the chai was such a great idea! Your cake looks beautiful (LOVE that pan!)
I don’t like coconut, but I love the idea of flavoring it with chai. I’ll have to try that some time! Your cake looks great–I have that same pan, and I love baking bundts in it.
I’ve never had chai tea but I love the idea of infusing the coconut milk with a flavor. Thanks for the link about the rice – it sounds awesome so I think I’ll have to give it a shot
What a great idea! I may pick up some chai tea from work and give it a try.
ooh…thats such a good idea. i bet the spices were great with the coconut! your cake has a nice crust too…mine didnt but it looks delicious!
Chai tea was a brilliant addition!
Ooh, chai tea sounds terrific for this!
This sounds heavenly! I made coconut chai ice cream a while back, so I know the combination is just delicious.
love the chai idea! i haven’t made it yet so maybe i’ll try it!
love your pan!
chai–nice one! i bet it was amazing!!
Gorgeous cake…I so want one of those pans! I bet the chai tasted delish!
What an interesting idea — I never would have thought of that!
It looks so pretty in the kugelhopf shape! And what an interesting idea to use chai. I made the mocha bundt this week because I was out of coconut milk. I love reading the posts for this cake because I’m getting some wonderful ideas.
What a beautiful cake! Chai tea infusion in the coconut milk is such a great idea. I can just taste it!
I love chai. Your chai version sounds really delicious. It’s worth noting your variation in the book.
great idea with the chai
Looks good and I like the idea of adding chai.
~ingrid
I feel like the coconut/chai flavor combo is so hot right now! Your cake looks perfect and so so delicious!
This looks so great in that pan. I have only used my pan for Kugelhopf and nothing else…I need to seriously rethink using that pan. The tea sounds interesting. I will need to remember that. Your cake is gorgeous.