Earl Grey Tea Cake

Keiko Ishida's Okashi : Earl Grey Tea Cake

YUMMY! This cake is seriously addictive! One bite of it and you will be craving for more. It's light & moist, the earl grey tea paired with the lemon zest really brings out the fragrant & flavor of the cake.  This cake is not sweet (the sweetness is just nice imo).  If you like really sweet cakes, add more icing sugar.  

Keiko Ishida's Okashi : Earl Grey Tea Cake (Pound Cake)

Ingredients:-

150g cake flour

1/8 tsp baking powder (i added 1/4 tsp more)

150g softened butter unsalted

150g icing sugar

15g glucose

3 eggs (abt 150g)

1/8 tsp salt

5g earl grey tea dust (from tea bags) (i added 2g of tea dust & 3g of earl grey tea powder)

15g ground almond

1 lemon zest

1 tbsp fresh milk
100g sugar syrup (50g sugar to 100g water)
2 tbsp lemon juice


1.  Preheat oven to 170C. Line a 19 x 9 x 8 cm pan.  Sift flour and baking powder twice.
2.  Mix syrup with lemon juice. Set aside.
3.  Beat butter, icing sugar and glucose together until light and very fluffy. Gradually add eggs and beat well, then add salt, tea dust, ground almonds and lemon zest and milk. Mix well.

4.  Add flour mixture and fold through completely using a spatula. Surface of batter should be glossy and smooth.

5.  Pour batter into prepared cake pan and make a lengthwise dent in the middle with a spatula. Bake for about 50 mins (baking time may vary according to your oven).

6.  When cake is done, remove from pan & peel off parchment. Place cake on wire rack and brush with sugar and lemon syrup while still warm.  Cool completely before serving. If storing, wrap with cling wrap.