Earl Grey Milk Tea Pound Cake

Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Combine heavy cream and earl grey tea leaves in a bowl.
  2. 2Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
  3. 3Strain the mixture, pressing out all the liquid from the tea leaves, to create the earl grey sauce.
  4. 4In a separate bowl, cream together unsalted butter and granulated sugar with an electric mixer.
  5. 5Gradually add eggs to the butter and sugar mixture, mixing well after each addition.
  6. 6Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula to ensure everything is well combined.
  7. 7Sift cake flour and baking powder into the wet mixture.
  8. 8Add salt and additional earl grey tea leaves to the mixture.
  9. 9Gently fold in the dry ingredients with a spatula until just combined.
  10. 10Add the prepared earl grey sauce to the batter and mix until fully incorporated.
  11. 11Pour the batter into a loaf pan lined with parchment paper.
  12. 12Bake the pound cake until golden brown and cooked through.
  13. 13For the frosting, combine heavy cream and earl grey tea leaves in a bowl.
  14. 14Cover and refrigerate overnight.
  15. 15Strain the mixture to make the earl grey tea infused cream.
  16. 16Whisk powdered sugar into the earl grey infused cream until smooth.
  17. 17Pour the earl grey frosting over slices of the pound cake.

Ingredients

  • 100 gr heavy cream
  • 12 gr earl grey tea leaves
  • 200 gr unsalted butter
  • 180 gr granulated sugar
  • 200 gr eggs
  • 200 gr cake flour
  • 5 gr baking powder
  • 2 gr salt
  • 2 gr earl grey tea leaves
  • 60 gr earl grey sauce
  • 100 gr heavy cream
  • 6 gr earl grey tea leaves
  • 200 gr powdered sugar

Equipment

bowlplastic wrapsieveelectric mixerspatulaloaf panwhisk