Dianas Dainty Earl Grey Cake

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 12
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 315.7
  • Total Fat: 11.3 g
  • Cholesterol: 73.9 mg
  • Sodium: 27.7 mg
  • Total Carbs: 52.1 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 2.5 g
  • Protein: 5.1 g

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Introduction

"Earl Grey is the most-often served tea at Buckingham Palace," notes Darren McGrady in Eating Royalty. "It is a black tea flavored with oil of Bergamot – a fragrant citrus fruit – and named after the second Earl Grey in 1830. Needless to say, it also makes a wonderful scented tea cake that stays moist for weeks." "Earl Grey is the most-often served tea at Buckingham Palace," notes Darren McGrady in Eating Royalty. "It is a black tea flavored with oil of Bergamot – a fragrant citrus fruit – and named after the second Earl Grey in 1830. Needless to say, it also makes a wonderful scented tea cake that stays moist for weeks."
Number of Servings: 12

Ingredients

    1 cups boiling water
    ¾ cup loose-leaf Earl Grey tea leaves
    8 tbsp unsalted butter, softened
    1 cup brown sugar
    3 large eggs
    1 all-purpose flour
    ½ cup whole wheat flour
    ½ cup ground almonds
    2 cups Thompson raisins

Directions

Preheat oven to 350F. Grease non-stick loaf pan.
Pour water over tea leaves in medium bowl; let stand at 2 hours.
Strain tea, discarding leaves. Set tea aside to cool.
Cream 8 tablespoons butter with sugar.
Beat in eggs, 1 at a time.
Using wooden spoon, fold in flours and ground almonds, followed by raisins.
Add reserved tea; mix well.
Bake in centre of oven 1 hour.
Cool cake in pan set on cooling rack at least 1 hour before unmoulding.

Number of Servings: 12

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.