I can't imagine what flavor to put in this cake. It smells heavenly, so I'm not sure I want to overpower that with any flavor, really.

Maybe a lightly spiced filling? Extra vanilla?

Hmm!

any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

You could make a pot of chi tea, strain and use the tea as the water for your butter cream.

Maybe a cinnamon BC- very lightly spiced as you suggested. The cake sounds yummy, care to share the recipe?

You might consider an apple pie/spice filling. Use less spice so it wont over power the cake.

I would just stick with a creamy vanilla. I think it would be a nice complement to the cake; instead of matching the flavor!!

Here is a link to a yummy-sounding recipe for chai spice buttercream

http://chockylit.blogspot.com/2006/05/chocolate-chai-spice-cupcake.html

You're right; I'm thinking the vanilla or maybe just a touch of the chai mix in the filling...

NEAT link to the cupcake web page there! Thanks!

It's just my favorite white cake with 2 TB of Vanilla Chai Spice CoffeeMate added to the dry ingredients...nothing tricky there. It smells HEAVenly.

I LOVE chai tea latte's I can't wait to try this cake, yum!

My family raved when I used a cinnamon buttercream with it!

Kathi