Donna Hays Earl Grey Tea Cake Recipes

DONNA HAY'S EARL GREY TEA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 160°C.
• Place the dates, bicarbonate of soda and tea in a bowl and set aside for 10 minutes.
• Using a hand-held blender, blend the date mixture until smooth. Set aside.
• Place the apple, flour and sugar in a bowl and mix to combine.
• Add the butter, vanilla, eggs and date mixture and mix well to combine.
• Spoon into a lightly-greased 2.5 litre capacity (10 cup) loaf tin and bake for 45 -55 minutes, or until cooked when tested with a skewer.
• Allow to cool in tin for 10 minutes before turning out on to a wire tack to cool completely.

CHOCOLATE EARL GREY TEA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven 325 degrees.
• Place rack to centre.
• Grease 10 inch angel food pan.
• Place tea bags into a measuring cup and pour over 2/3 cup boiling water.
• Let steep 6 minutes.
• Remove tea bags, squeezing any liquid into the cup.
• Let cool to room temperature.
• Melt chocolate in the top of double boiler until smooth.
• Remove let cool.
• Puree marmalade in processor or through a sieve. Set aside.
• Using electric mixer beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each.
• Stir in the melted chocolate.
• Now stop using mixer and use the wooden spoon, for combining.
• Stir in the marmalade, walnuts, and vanilla.
• Combine the flour, baking powder in a bowl.
• Beat in the flour mixture, alternating with the cold tea into the chocolate mixture in two additions. DO NOT OVERBEAT-- Pour the batter into prepared pan.
• Bake until tester comes away clean-- about 60- 70 minutes.
• Transfer to wire rack and cool 15 minutes.
• Using a sharp knife cut around the edges to loosen then turn out.
• Cool completely.
• Bring the cream to a boil, and pour over the chopped chocolate.
• Let stand to melt.
• stirring now until smooth.
• Place cake onto plate-- Glaze the top and letting glaze drip down the sides of cake.
• Cover with a dome top.
• Store at room temperature.
• Can be made the day before serving.

EARL GREY CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Mix dry ingredients in a Kitchen Aid mixer with a paddle attachment, except the cherries.
• Add liquid ingredients and mix until incorporated. Scrape bowl in between mixing.
• Bake at 350 F, until toothpick comes out clean and has a bouncy spring when pressed in the middle of the cake.
• Tips and Variations:.
• You could layer the cake with Earl Grey Truffle Ganache and Whipped Cream. 1 cup of.
• Heavy Cream steeped in Earl Grey tea- poured over 2 cups of milk or dark chocolate. Gently.
• mix the ingredients until smooth and spreadable.
• Great with whipped Chantilly Cream or Swiss Buttercream.
• You could make an Earl Grey simple syrup by mixing 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of hot water.
• steeped with Earl Grey Tea. Cool down and spritz the cake with the simple syrup for a more moist and flavorful cake.