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    "excerpt": "A warm chai-spiced double cream topping, whisked thick and drizzled over a vanilla sponge. Tops a 20cm cake.",
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            "prep": "10 min",
            "serves": "Tops 1 cake (8 slices)",
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            "ingredients": [
                "25g Drink Me Chai Spiced Chai Latte powder (1 standard serving)",
                "200ml double cream",
                "1 tablespoon of golden caster sugar",
                "Half a teaspoon of natural vanilla extract",
                "A small pinch of fine sea salt",
                "1 fresh-baked 20cm vanilla sponge cake on a cooling rack (or 8 fairy cakes)",
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                "Sit the cooled sponge on a rack over a tray to catch the drips.",
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                "Bring just to a soft simmer with small bubbles at the edge; do not let it boil hard, or the cream can split.",
                "Off the heat, shower in the chai powder, add the vanilla, and whisk hard for thirty seconds to a thick, glossy sauce that coats the spoon.",
                "Pour through a fine sieve into a jug to catch any clumps.",
                "Drizzle over the sponge in slow circles from the centre, letting it run over the edges.",
                "Leave for an hour to set to a soft glaze before slicing.",
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