DOUBLE BERGAMOT EARL GREY TEA CAKE

Double Bergamot Earl Grey Tea Cake image

Use loose leaf tea in the cake and brew the tea for the glaze. If you are using tea bags rather than loose leaf use about 5 tea bags for the cake. I have made muffins with the recipe too.

Provided by Samantha in Ut

Categories Dessert

Time 1h10m

Yield 1 cake

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

2 cups flour
1 cup softened butter
2 tablespoons double earl grey tea or regular earl grey tea
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/3 cups sugar
5 eggs
3/4 cup water
4 earl gray tea bags
2 cups powdered sugar

Steps:

Preheat oven to 325. Grease loaf pan or bunt pan. In bowl stir flour and salt.
In a separate bowl beat butter, sugar, tea leaves and vanilla until light and fluffy and the scent of the leaves emerge. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each. Gradually add flour mixture in 3 parts beating until combined, scraping down sides as necessary. Bake for 1 hour.
To prepare glaze; in a small sauce pan bring 3/4 c water to boil then seep 4 tea bags for 5 minutes then add 2 c powdered sugar. When cake has fully cooled drizzle glaze over it.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 4882.5, Fat 211.7, SaturatedFat 124.8, Cholesterol 1545.5, Sodium 3994.3, Carbohydrate 699, Fiber 6.8, Sugar 504.6, Protein 59.2