Earl Cake - gives the cake a unique flavor

Overview

Earl Cake is the name of a dessert that is sweet and delicious, of high quality and easy to make. This cake is a type of pound cake and has a solid texture. In the basic pound cake recipe, you can add various dried fruits or other ingredients at will to create cakes of various flavors. Earl Gray tea is added to this recipe to give the cake a unique aroma.

Tags

• baking
• old man
• cake
• afternoon tea
• baking powder
• butter
• earl gray tea
• egg
• low gluten flour
• boiling water
• fine sugar
• salt

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Brew black tea with 100g boiling water and steep for 1 minute

   

2. 2 After that, separate the tea residue and tea juice, let cool and set aside

   

3. 3 After the butter is softened at room temperature, cut into small pieces, add fine sugar, and beat with an electric mixer until the volume increases

   

4. 4 When the color becomes lighter, add the egg liquid to the whipped butter in 4 batches and continue to whisk. Each time, you need to beat the egg liquid and butter thoroughly before adding the next one

   

5. 5 The whipped butter should be light and delicate, with no separation of oil and water

   

6. 6 Add 2 tablespoons of cooled Earl Gray tea juice to the whipped butter and beat evenly

   

7. 7 Pour the tea leaves into the whipped butter and stir evenly

   

8. 8 Then add 1/8 teaspoon of salt and continue to beat

   

9. 9 Mix the flour and baking powder evenly and sift into the butter

   

10. 10 Use a silicone spatula to stir the batter from the bottom up, do not stir in circles. Until the flour and butter are completely mixed

    

11. 11 Pour the mixed batter into the mold 2/3 full, place it in a preheated 180° oven, set the middle layer to the upper and lower heat, and bake for about 25 minutes

    

12. 12 The surface turns golden brown and is ready to be baked