Recipe: Mindful Mint Chai Truffles
September 06, 2023
by Maggie Frank
Mindful Mint Chai is full of all my favorite tea flavors and is my go-to pick when I can't decide on a tea. The cooling spearmint with the warm chai spices is unlike any other tea I've tried. And it's all balanced in a low-caffeine hojicha green tea so you can sip on it well into the afternoon.
This recipe for Mindful Mint Chai Truffles is secretly a cake pop recipe.. But an elegant one! Cake pops are not just for kids! Soft vanilla cake is the perfect base to make the tea flavor shine. Plus, they stay so moist after it's dipped in chocolate and decorated.
Give the recipe a try!
Mindful Mint Chai Truffles
Yield: about 10 depending on size
Time: 3 hours
Vanilla Cake
Cake Ingredients
3/4 cup white sugar3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 whole egg
1/2 cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/4 cup vegetable oil
Cake Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 F.2. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together white sugar, all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Make sure there are no lumps as we do not want to have to over mix the batter later to get the lumps out.
3. In a separate mixing bowl whisk together the egg, milk, vanilla, and oil.
4. Slowly pour the wet ingredients into the dry while whisking. Switch to a rubber spatula if needed. Mix just till combined.
5. Pour the finished batter into a parchment-lined, and sprayed 6-inch cake pan. 6. Bake for about 20 minutes or until the layer bounces back in the center when you slightly press on it.
7. Allow the cake layer to completely cool.
Buttercream Ingredients
1 cup salted butter, room temperature1 cup of vegetable shorting
3/4cup powdered sugar
1/2-1 tablespoon milk
Buttercream Directions
1. In a mixing bowl, using the back of a rubber spatula press the butter and shortening to the sides of the bowl to soften it. Once spreadable mix it around until it starts to get a little airy.2. Add the powdered sugar and mix well.
3. Then add in the milk and mix.
4. Set aside until needed for assembly
Additional Truffle Ingredients
1 tablespoon Mindful Mint Chai1 cup white chocolate chips
Sprinkles to decorate
Truffle Assembly
1. First, start with grinding your tea. I used a small spice grinder and let it grind until the tea became a soft powder. Set aside.2. Take your vanilla cake layer and a small serrated knife, and carefully trim away the edges of the cake.
3. Leave the soft centers in a bowl and set aside or discard the edges and scraps.
4. Using clean hands, start to crumble up the cake using your fingers. Switch to a spatula if the cake is sticking to your fingers.
5. Slowly begin to add buttercream a teaspoon at a time until your cake seems like you'll be able to mold it into a ball and it will still keep its shape.
6. Finally, once you are happy with your cake's texture add in the ground tea and mix well.
7. Again with clean hands, take small portions of your truffle dough and form them into small balls using your hands. Once round, place them onto a piece of parchment. Refrigerate the truffles after you finish forming your balls.
Chill for 30 minutes.
8. In a small microwave-safe bowl, melt white chocolate chips in the microwave. Stop the microwave and mix the chocolate every 15 seconds until melted. Use a little vegetable oil in the white chocolate if it is melted but still too thick.
9. Drop truffles one at a time into the melted white chocolate and use a fork to move the truffles around. Scoop up the truffle using a fork and tap the handle on the side of the bowl to remove excess chocolate.
10. Drop the truffles onto a piece of parchment and let set for a few minutes.
11. If truffles get too soft to coat, return them to the fridge and start again once cool.
12. To decorate truffles put some chocolate in a small pastry bag and drizzle chocolate over the top of the truffles, then sprinkle little sugar candies or sprinkles on top of the drizzle to decorate.
13. Plate and serve!
