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E - Earl Grey Tea Cakes

Course Dessert
Cuisine International Cuisine
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 4 no Earl grey tea bags
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2 tbsp flax seed powder + 6 tbsp water
  • 11/2 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp lemon zest
  • 3 tbsp sugar

Syrup

  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 1/4 cup hot water
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice

Instructions

  • Heat milk in a small pot and add two tea bags and set aside for 10 minutes. Cover and set aside.
  • Preheat oven to 180 degrees C.
  • Keep the cup cake liners ready.
  • Melt butter and honey in a pan.
  • Beat the mix, adding the flax seed mix.
  • Remove the tea bags from milk, squeezing all the liquid from it.
  • Add the infused milk, lemon zest and loose tea powder from tea bags to the liquid ingredients..
  • Sift flour, baking powder and salt.
  • Add to the wet ingredients and mix until well incorporated.
  • Pour into the cup cake mould and bake for 20 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
  • For the syrup combine all syrup ingredients and warm the water.
  • Poke holes in the cup cakes which should have cooled a little by now.
  • Pour teaspoons of this syrup over these.

Notes

 
 
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