Earl Grey Pound Cake

Earl Grey Pound Cake
(Recipe adapted & modify from The Little Teochew)

Ingredients
170g butter
180g caster sugar
3 eggs
165g plain flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
2 Earl Grey Tea bags

Method 
1. Preheat oven to 175 degree C.

2. With a mixer, cream butter. Add sugar, a little at a time. Add vanilla essence & eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition. Stir dry ingredients together in a bowl & add to mixer alternately with milk, starting with the flour & ending with the flour.

3. Add in the tea leaves & then pour into a greased & floured pan.

4. Bake for about 40mins, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.

Earl Grey Bread

Bread recipe here

 After proofing

 Out from Oven

Earl Grey Tea Cake

Earl Grey Tea Cake
(recipe adapted & modified from Okashi)

Ingredients:
150g plain flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
150g butter
100g icing sugar
3 eggs
1 Tbsp milk
5g Earl Grey tea dust from tea bags
15g ground almonds

Method:
1. Beat butter & icing sugar until light & fluffy.
2. Gradually add in eggs & beat well. Add in tea dust, ground almonds & milk.
3. Add in sifted flour & baking powder & fold until combined.
4. Bake in a preheated oven @ 180C for 40mins.

Earl Grey Macarons

Macarons recipe
*replaced matcha powder to Earl Grey 

Orange Curd (Recipe adapted & modified from Quay Po Cooks)
Ingredients:
3 egg yolks
80g castor sugar
50ml Orange juice
1 grated orange zest
100g cold salted butter

Method:
1. Whisk egg yolks & sugar in a metal bowl placed on top of a saucepan over simmering water. Add in orange juice & zest until combined & smooth.

2. Stir the mixture constantly with a spatula until it thickens. Remove from heat. Whisk in butter slowly. Spoon mixture into clean glass container & allow it to col with a piece of plastic wrap laid on the surface to prevent a skin from forming.

伯爵奶茶卷

 

Earl Grey Milk Tea Swiss Roll ~ 伯爵奶茶卷 

(Recipe adapted & modify from 孟老师的美味蛋糕卷) 

Swiss roll:
Ingredients:
(A)
80g egg yolks
20g castor sugar
40g vegetable oil
40g milk
80g plain flour
1 sachet of Earl Grey Tea pack (add in milk & boil)

(B)
160g egg whites
80g castor sugar

Method:
1.  In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the egg yolks, castor sugar, vegetable oil & milk tea until combined. Sift in flour & mix until smooth & well combined.

2. In another bowl, beat eggs whites until soft peaks. Add sugar slowly & continue beating until egg whites are nearly stiff.

3. Fold 1/3 of egg whites mixture into egg yolk mixture. Add the rest of the egg whites & fold gently to obtain a smooth batter.

4. Pour batter into a tray lined with parchment paper & bake @ 180 deg C for 12mins.
 
Earl Grey cream fillings:
Ingredients:  
80g butter
45g Earl Grey milk tea (1 tsp tea leaves+ 60g hot water, soak for 10mins) 
30g icing sugar

Method:
1. Whisk icing sugar & butter in a bowl. Add in milk tea & whisk till combined.
 

Earl Grey Milk Tea Buns

Earl Grey Milk Tea Buns ~ 伯爵奶茶面包
*Use any basic plain dough recipe & add 1 sachet of Earl Grey tea leaves

Mexico Topping: 
50g butter
50g icing sugar
40g eggs
50g plain flour
1 tsp Earl Grey tea leaves

Method:
1. Cream butter & icing sugar till creamy.
2. Add in beaten eggs & cream till smooth.
3. Add in flour & mix thoroughly.
4. Put into a piping bag & pipe the topping on top of the buns in a coil shape.

I am submitting this entry to Aspiring Bakers #8 - Bread Seduction (June 2011) hosted by Jasmine from Sweetylicious.