
Birthday Cake Bubble Tea
Prep
10 mins
Cook
30 mins
Servings
1
Difficulty
Easy
Want to celebrate with something fun and totally doable? I came up with this Birthday Cake Bubble Tea recipe to bring together two of my favorite treats. It's surprisingly simple to make, taking just 40 minutes from start to sip, and the ingredients are probably already in your kitchen. The tea base gives you antioxidants while tasting like actual dessert, which is my favorite kind of health benefit. Those chewy tapioca pearls and candy sprinkles make it feel special, but honestly, this is so easy that even a quick weeknight can feel like a celebration.
Ella x
Ingredients
- 237 mlyellow cake batter
- 237 mlfat-free half-and-half
- 237 mltea(base)
- 237 mlmilk
- 12 -4 tablespoons prepared tapioca
- 11 -2 teaspoon sugar syrup
- 2 teaspoonscandy sprinkles
- 1 teaspoonnutmeg
- 1 dropyellow food coloring
- 1 teaspoonvanilla extract
- 1 teaspoonsugar-free vanilla syrup
- 1ice
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Instructions
- 1
To make cake batter I used a recipe from this site for cake mix frosting (#104747) and a recipe for make your own cake mix (#192436). In the second recipe I omitted adding, leavening and eggs to the cake mix.
- 2
Add everything except tapioca and ice to your cocktail shaker, seal tight and shake for 10 seconds.
- 3
Place tapioca at the bottom of a tall glass, pour shaken mixture over pearls and serve with bubble tea straw and as much ice as you want.
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