The use of earl grey tea adds lots of complex spice flavor to this moist cake.
Course: Dessert
Keyword: cake, earl grey, glaze, spice, tea
Ingredients
Cake Ingredients
1cupmilkI used skim
5earl grey tea bags
14tablespoonsbutter
1cupsugar
2teaspoonsvanilla
3eggs
2cupsflour
zest of one small lemon
1 1/3teaspoonbaking powder
Glaze Ingredients
1 1/2cupspowdered sugar
2tablespoonsbutter
3-4tablespoonsstrong earl grey tea
purple food coloringoptional
Instructions
Microwave the milk in a glass mug or bowl for 90 seconds. Place the five teabags into the milk, and cover it with aluminum foil.
Let the milk sit, with the teabags, for at least 15 minutes, letting it cool to room temperature.
Squeeze out the teabags into the milk and discard them. If some of your milk evaporated, top it off so you have one cup.
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Prepare an eight-by-eight inch cake pan by spraying it with cooking spray and lining it with parchment paper. (If you want to remove it from the pan before serving. If not, just spray the pan.
Cream the butter, sugar and vanilla together for a few minutes until the mixture is light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, and then add in the flour, lemon zest, baking powder and milk until everything is combined well.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan, and tap it on the counter a few times to flatten the batter out before placing in the oven for one hour or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
If removing the cake from the pan, let it cool for five minutes before inverting it and placing it on a wire rack. Either way, though, let the cake cool completely before glazing it.
For the glaze, melt the butter and add it to the sugar and tea. Stir until the mixture is smooth. If there are lumps of butter that refuse to combine with the rest of the ingredients, microwave the mixture no more than 30 seconds at a time until it is smooth.
Either cut the cake into even squares or leave it whole, and position it on a wire rack over a rimmed backing sheet. Drizzle the glaze over the top of the cake. Let the glaze set, and serve.