If you really like Hong Kong style milk tea as well as cupcakes, you will love this recipe for milk tea cupcakes. Created by Courtney from the food blog Fork to Belly, the baked goods are not light and fluffy, but have a denser loaf-like texture. They also apparently taste exactly like milk tea.
To make your own milk tea cupcakes at home, you will need delicious ingredients such as black tea (Courtney used Assam tea leaves), whole milk and honey. The frosting is made using butter, sweetened condensed milk, powdered sugar and vanilla extract. You will need to grind the tea leaves until it looks like coffee grounds. You will also need a standing mixer and a tall muffin tin.
Milk Tea Cupcakes
This Fork to Belly Recipe Combines a Hong Kong Beverage with Mini Loaf Cakes
Trend Themes
1. Milk Tea Desserts - There is a growing trend of incorporating milk tea flavors into various desserts, offering a unique twist on traditional treats.
2. Alternative Cupcake Textures - The popularity of denser, loaf-like cupcakes presents an opportunity to explore alternative textures and flavors in traditional baked goods.
3. Customized Baking Ingredients - With recipes calling for specific types of tea leaves and unique flavor combinations, there is a trend towards using customized ingredients to create distinctive culinary experiences.
Industry Implications
1. Baked Goods - The baked goods industry can explore incorporating milk tea flavors into their product offerings, appealing to a wider range of customers and introducing new flavor combinations.
2. Tea - Tea companies can develop specialty blends that cater to the milk tea trend, providing unique flavors that enhance the overall tea-drinking experience.
3. Beverage Manufacturing - Beverage manufacturers can consider diversifying their product lines by introducing milk tea-inspired beverages, capitalizing on the popularity of milk tea flavors.