Herbal Tea Pound Cake
- 100 grams Butter
- 70 grams Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 110 grams White flour
- 1/2 tsp Baking powder
- 2 tea bags Flavoured tea of your choice
- 30 ml Hot water
- Line the cake tin with parchment paper.
- To learn how to neatly line a cake tin with paper, refer to.
- Measure out all the ingredients.
- Sift the flour and baking powder together.
- Steep one of the tea bags in hot water to brew a strong tea.
- Preheat the oven to 170C.
- Soften the butter until it has a mayonnaise-like consistency.
- (If straight out of the refrigerator, microwave it at 300 W for 50 seconds.)
- Add the sugar, and and mix well until it is white and fluffy.
- Beat the egg and add it to the mixture in small batches.
- Mix well.
- Add the tea from Step 3.
- Add the sifted flour and baking powder, and fold it into the batter until it is no longer powdery.
- Add the contents of the other tea bag, and mix well to combine.
- Pour the batter into the cake tin.
- Drop it onto the counter a few times to release the air, then bake at 170C for 30 - 35 minutes.
- After 11- 12 minutes, insert a cut down the middle with a knife.
- This will give it a nice finish (optional).
- Poke through it with a skewer, and if if comes out clean, it's done.
- Remove from the tin and cool on a rack.
butter, sugar, eggs, white flour, baking powder, your choice, water
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/156854-herbal-tea-pound-cake (may not work)