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Friday, February 21, 2014

Earl Grey Tea Cake

Oh weekend is around the corner!! Time to slow down and enjoy this coming short weekends :D Won't it be wonderful to laze around in the afternoon and enjoy a simple tea session with your love ones? ^0^ I hope everyone will have a nice & wonderful weekends ahead! 






Recipe source : Anncoo Journal 
Ingredient
  • 150gm plain flour
  • 1/8 tsp baking powder
  • 150gm butter
  • 120gm icing sugar
  • 1/2 tbsp honey
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 5gm Earl grey tea dust from 2 tea bags
  • 15gm ground almond
  • 1 tbsp fresh milk
  • lemon zest from 1 large lemon
Lemon syrup for glazing : 50gm sugar + 100gm boiling water, stir well then add 2 tbsp lemon juice in it, mix well & set aside.


Method
  1. Sift flour and baking powder together twice, set aside.
  2. Cream butter, icing sugar and honey until light & fluffy.
  3. Beat in eggs one at a time, add salt, tea dust, ground almonds, lemon zest and milk. Mix well.
  4. Using a spatula, fold in the flour mixture.
  5. Pour batter into a lined loaf pan. Bake in preheated oven at 160 deg cel for 45mins or a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
  6. When the cake is done, unmould immediately and peel away parchment paper. Brush with lemon syrup while cake is still warm.
  7. Cool completely before serving.

I'm sharing this post with Little Thumbs Up February 2014 Event - Lemon hosted by Grace Phua of Life Can Be Simple
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6 comments:

  1. Victoria BakesFebruary 21, 2014 at 6:18 PM

    not only is this a nice cake for a lazy weekend, it's also an easy bake for the lazy weekend... love this recipe.. can't wait to try this

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  2. thinkingmamaFebruary 22, 2014 at 12:27 AM

    Hi, may I know what is tea dust? Is it the tea leaves inside the tea bag?

    Thanks in advance,

    Jane

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  3. PengFebruary 22, 2014 at 9:14 AM

    Jane…yes is the mixture in the teabag :D

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  4. thinkingmamaFebruary 22, 2014 at 9:59 AM

    Thanks for reply, so I just cut open the tea bags and use the leaves inside? I am using loose tea leaves and it's actually quite coarse and big, not fine and powdery type, it will affect the texture of the cake?

    Thank you for your guidance. :)

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  5. PengFebruary 22, 2014 at 10:17 AM

    Jane....yes cut up the bags and use the mixture inside. Blend the leaves till fine if they are too coarse if not it will affect the texture of the cake.

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  6. thinkingmamaFebruary 22, 2014 at 12:12 PM

    Ok. Thank you so much again. Hope that it will be a success for me too :)

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