happy canada day & happy fourth of july weekend!!!! this might be my favourite cake to date. i was beyond excited with how it turned out. literally jumped for joy haha. not only with the flavour combinations of the earl grey tea + honey, but that grey ombre frosting too. i think i am starting to fall in love with grey frosted cakes. the piped topping looks difficult to create, but it was easy peasy. i used all the left over frosting colours, two piping tips (one small star & one large star) & went piping crazy! you can make any design you like on the top & it will automatically look perfect. for this cake i used a special type of earl grey tea from stash tea. it contains double bergamot, so it has an extra strong flavour which comes through once the cakes are baked. i wonder what else i can infuse this earl grey into, i absolutely LOVE it! anyways, have an amazing long weekend with lots of BBQ, drinks & desserts:) xo
ingredients
for the earl grey cake
- 1 teaspoon stash loose leaf earl grey double bergamot tea
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups raw sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon stash loose leaf earl grey double bergamot tea, finely ground
for the honey buttercream frosting
- 1 pound unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/3 cup raw honey
- 3 cups icing sugar, or to taste
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
directions
- preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- in a saucepan over low heat add the milk & loose leaf tea. let simmer for five minutes to infuse the tea into the milk. do not let the mixture come to a boil. remove from heat & let cool to room temperature. strain out tea.
- in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment cream butter and sugar.
- add the eggs one at a time, followed by the vanilla extract & oil. mix until light and fluffy.
- in a separate bowl sift the flour, baking powder, salt & finely ground tea. gradually add to stand mixer at low speed.
- once flour is JUST combined into the wet ingredients, add the infused milk.
- evenly distribute batter amongst two greased 8-inch round cake pans.
- bake each layer for about 18-20 minutes, or until a tooth pick inserted comes out clean.
- let cakes cool completely before frosting.
- for the frosting add butter, honey, icing sugar & vanilla in the bowl of a stand mixer and whip until light and fluffy, about 8-10 minutes.
- frost as desired! i used a touch of black food colouring & turned it into a grey ombre cake.
this post was created in partnership with stash tea. you can find the double bergamot earl grey tea i used here! it has a stronger bergamot flavour then regular earl grey tea which means the tea flavour comes through perfectly in the cake.
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