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I like tea cakes. They aren’t too sweet, they aren’t hard to make, and they aren’t impressive, they are just comfortable to have around.
Sort of like reading a book that does not challenge you in the least but satisfies you deep inside, you know?
Tea cakes. A really good tea cake should look nice enough to put on a tea table but be plain enough that you can serve leftovers for breakfast next to some eggs and bacon. Right?
This one will do it.
I made this with the I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter baking sticks I was reviewing. You can use those or you can certainly use real unsalted butter.
This cake is not too sweet, with a subtle lemon and Earl Grey flavor. Really nice for tea or with breakfast, or a snack, or even dessert with maybe some fruit. It goes together easily, keeps for a long time, and makes the house smell nice.
Can you really ask for more than that?
The original recipe is out of a very old cookbook that I have. It is based on a recipe called Thrifty Poundcake, from the 1930s. I changed ingredients and flavors but it is still thrifty, and still really good.
Earl Grey Tea Cake
- 3 cups cake flour, sifted
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- pinch of salt
- 2 sticks of unsalted butter or I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter baking sticks (1 cup)
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 eggs beaten
- 1/2 cup Earl Grey tea
- Juice of 1 lemon
- zest of 1 lemon
- Sift dry ingredients together, stir in lemon peel
- Cream butter with sugar and vanilla until fluffy. Add eggs and beat well.
- Mix tea and lemon juice
- Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternatingly with tea mixture. Beat well after each addition.
- Grease a bundt pan and flour it. Pour in batter
- Bake at 350 for 1 hour
- Cool for five minutes and then turn pan upside down
- Sprinkle with confectioners sugar or glaze with lemon glaze
Lemon Glaze
- 1/4 cup butter melted
- 2 tbs lemon juice
- Enough confectioner’s to make a thick glaze
Mix together and drizzle over cake. Grate lemon zest over top.
As you can see I tend to glaze mine and then sprinkle with a little confectioner’s from a shaker. It just looks prettier that way!
Images:Marye Audet
116 days ago
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I made this tea cake last night and I love it. It’s wonderful with a hot cup of Earl Grey on the side. I’m sure you get asked alot, but my husband wanted to make sure that you use 1/2 a cup of brewed tea, not 1/2 a cup of tea leaves.
Jen, really? Not sweet? :::Marye mumbles through a mouthful of chocolate truffles and Post golden crisps::: (having a high stress moment)
This looks lovely and perfect for winter weather – something that’s not overly sweet really appeals to me right now.
Thanks Bunny. I like it. Very versatile
You must have tons of tea cake recipes from your tea room, this one is lovely!
1195 days ago
[...] chose to make an Earl Grey and Lemon Tea Cake with the sticks I got. A tea cake is simple, the lemon and Earl Grey would be flavorful enough to [...]