Dianas Dainty Earl Grey Cake
From jo_jo_ba 16 years ago
- 60 minutes to make
- Serves 12
"Earl Grey is the most-often served tea at Buckingham Palace," notes Darren McGrady in Eating Royalty. "It is a black tea flavored with oil of Bergamot – a fragrant citrus fruit – and named after the second Earl Grey in 1830. Read more Needless to say, it also makes a wonderful scented tea cake that stays moist for weeks." See less
Ingredients
- 1 cups boiling water shopping list
- ¾ cup loose-leaf Earl Grey tea leaves shopping list
- 8 tbsp unsalted butter, softened shopping list
- 1 cup brown sugar shopping list
- 3 large eggs shopping list
- 1 all-purpose flour shopping list
- ½ cup whole wheat flour shopping list
- ½ cup ground almonds shopping list
- 2 cups Thompson raisins shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 350F. Grease non-stick loaf pan.
- Pour water over tea leaves in medium bowl; let stand at 2 hours.
- Strain tea, discarding leaves. Set tea aside to cool.
- Cream 8 tablespoons butter with sugar.
- Beat in eggs, 1 at a time.
- Using wooden spoon, fold in flours and ground almonds, followed by raisins.
- Add reserved tea; mix well.
- Bake in centre of oven 1 hour.
- Cool cake in pan set on cooling rack at least 1 hour before unmoulding.
The Rating
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WOW there is nothing about this that I don't love. I can't wait to try it.
jabec
in Kingston loved it
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