Earl Grey Tea Cakes
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Preheat oven to 180C Brush 12 medium muffin pans with melted butter to lightly grease Empty the tea leaves from the tea bags into a cup and add the boiling water Set aside for 3 minutes Stir in the milk and then transfer to a large bowl Add the butter, eggs, sugar and flour to the tea mixture Use electric beaters on low speed to beat until just combined Increase speed to medium and beat until the mixture is pale and creamy (the mixture may look slightly curdled) Spoon the mixture evenly into the greased pans Bake in a preheated oven for 20-22 minutes or until golden and a skewer inserted in the cakes comes out clean Remove from the oven and set aside for 2-3 minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool Meanwhile, to make the marmalade icing, combine the icing sugar and marmalade in a small bowl Add enough juice to make a very thick past Use a teaspoon dipped in hot water to spread the icing over the tops of the cooled cakes Set aside for 15-20 minutes to allow the icing to set Enjoy with a cup of tea
Preheat oven to 180C Brush 12 medium muffin pans with melted butter to lightly grease Empty the tea leaves from the tea bags into a cup and add the boiling water Set aside for 3 minutes Stir in the milk and then transfer to a large bowl Add the butter, eggs, sugar and flour to the tea mixture Use electric beaters on low speed to beat until just combined Increase speed to medium and beat until the mixture is pale and creamy (the mixture may look slightly curdled) Spoon the mixture evenly into the greased pans Bake in a preheated oven for 20-22 minutes or until golden and a skewer inserted in the cakes comes out clean Remove from the oven and set aside for 2-3 minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool Meanwhile, to make the marmalade icing, combine the confectioners' sugar and marmalade in a small bowl Add enough juice to make a very thick past Use a teaspoon dipped in hot water to spread the icing over the tops of the cooled cakes Set aside for 15-20 minutes to allow the icing to set Enjoy with a cup of tea
Introduction
This little recipe is for Ellen and her tea party.
This little recipe is for Ellen and her tea party.
Ingredients
Serves: makes 12
Metric
Cups
- 2 earl grey tea bags
- butter (for greasing)
- 60 millilitres boiling water
- 80 millilitres milk
- 100 grams unsalted butter (at room temperature)
- 2 eggs
- 160 grams caster sugar
- 190 grams self-raising flour
- 230 grams icing sugar
- 1½ teaspoons breakfast marmalade
- 1½ teaspoons orange juice
- 2 earl grey tea bags
- butter (for greasing)
- ¼ cup boiling water
- ⅓ cup milk
- 4 ounces unsalted butter (at room temperature)
- 2 eggs
- ⅔ cup superfine sugar
- 1¼ cups self-rising flour
- 1½ cups confectioners' sugar
- 1½ teaspoons breakfast marmalade
- 1½ teaspoons orange juice
Method
Earl Grey Tea Cakes is a community recipe submitted by cupcake girl and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.
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