Earl grey tea cake
7
Points®
Total time: 50 min • Prep: 20 min • Cook: 30 min • Serves: 10 • Difficulty: Easy
Tea’s the whole family with the succulent smell of this citrusy aromatic cake baking in the oven.
Ingredients
Skim milk
½ cup(s), (125ml)
Earl grey tea
3 bag(s)
Reduced fat oil spread
70 g
Brown sugar
½ cup(s), (110g)
Egg(s)
1 medium
Vanilla bean extract
2 tsp
White self-raising flour
1¼ cup(s), (185g)
Almond meal
½ cup(s), (60g)
Icing sugar
2 tsp
Instructions
1
Heat the milk in a small saucepan over medium heat until almost simmering. Remove from heat. Add tea bags and stand for 10 minutes. Squeeze tea bags into milk. Discard tea bags. Cool.
2
Meanwhile, preheat oven to 180°C. Lightly spray a 20cm (base measurement) round cake tin with oil. Line the base and side with baking paper.
3
Using electric beaters, beat the spread, brown sugar, egg and vanilla until light and fluffy. Stir in the sifted flour, almond meal and infused milk.
4
Spoon mixture into the prepared pan. Smooth the top. Bake for 25-30 mins or until a skewer inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean. Stand the cake in tin for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool. Dust with sifted icing sugar. Serve.
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