Earl Grey Amish Friendship Bread Tea Cakes Recipes

EARL GREY AMISH FRIENDSHIP BREAD TEA CAKES

Steps:

• Place the milk in a microwave-safe bowl or measuring cup and warm in microwave until it is hot but not boiling, about 30-45 seconds.
• Add tea bags and allow to steep for 15 minutes, squeezing the bags with a spoon once or twice.
• Remove tea bags and allow to cool. Reserve 1 cup for the recipe and the remaining ½ cup for the glaze.
• Preheat oven to 325° F (165° C).
• Grease a 9" x 9" baking pan or line with parchment paper.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream the starter, butter, sugar and vanilla. Add 1 cup of the infused milk. Add the eggs one at a time and mix well.
• In a medium mixing bowl, whisk or sift baking powder, baking soda, salt, flour and lemon zest.
• Fold dry ingredients into the batter until incorporated.
• Pour mixture into baking pan, spreading the batter evenly.
• Bake for 1 hour or until the bread loosens evenly from the sides and a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean.
• Allow to cool and then cut the cake into even squares. Drizzle liberally with Earl Grey Glaze.
• ENJOY!

TEA CAKES WITH EARL GREY ICING

Steps:

• Make the cupcakes: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line two 24-cup mini muffin pans with paper liners. Melt the chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water (do not let the bowl touch the water). Whisk until smooth, then remove the bowl; keep the water simmering in the saucepan. In another bowl, whisk the sugar, flour and salt; mix into the melted chocolate. Add the eggs, one at a time, then whisk in the vanilla until smooth.
• Divide the batter among the prepared cups, filling each three-quarters of the way. Bake until the cakes spring back when touched, 15 to 18 minutes. Remove from the pans and cool on a rack.
• Meanwhile, make the icing: Whisk the sugar, egg whites, lemon juice and salt by hand in the bowl of a stand mixer. Empty the tea bags and add the loose tea to the bowl, then set the bowl over the saucepan of simmering water and whisk until the mixture is hot and the sugar dissolves, about 2 minutes. Transfer the bowl to the stand mixer and beat with the whisk attachment on medium-high speed until the mixture holds stiff peaks, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a large resealable plastic bag, snip the corner and pipe the icing onto the cupcakes.