Earl Grey Tea Cake
Earl Grey Tea Cake
This Earl Grey Tea Cake has hints of lavender and bergamot orange mixed into a delicious vanilla cake.
It’s Friday…I do declare it’s time for tea and cake. Yes? I made you an Earl Grey Tea cake. Yes, a cake with tea baked right into it, and it’s as good as it sounds!
I have been dreaming of this cake for quite a while now. Something about baking with tea is very intriguing to me. I mean sipping tea with desserts is a perfect after dinner past time isn’t it, so why not add tea to the dessert itself? YES. I’m not sure all teas are cut out for baking, but Earl Grey tea certainly is. It’s flavour lends itself perfectly to a simple vanilla cake.
I have a love affair with Earl Grey tea…on a side note, have you ever tried the Earl Grey Tea Latte from Second Cup? If not, you should, it’s delicious.
I used a Lady Grey Earl Grey tea for this cake, which has hints of lavender and bergamot orange…so good. (Lady Grey tea is Earl Grey tea with the addition of lavender)
Steeped in whole milk, and added to my basic vanilla pound cake recipe, this cake is divine. Oh my.
The flavour is light and sweet and perfect for breakfast, or lunch or really any time. Because cake needs no excuse does it? 😉
Earl Grey Tea Cake
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 2 cups flour
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 1 cup whole milk
- 2 Earl Grey Tea bags
- icing sugar for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- Prepare a Bundt pan by buttering the pan and lightly dusting with flour. Set aside.
- Heat up the 1 cup of milk (I just microwaved mine until hot), then add the 2 tea bags to the hot milk and let steep at least 10 minutes. Set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar.
- Add the eggs, one at a time.
- Then add vanilla, and mix well.
- In a separate bowl, combine the flour, and baking powder.
- To the butter mix, add 1/3 of the flour mix, then 1/2 of the tea milk. Repeat until all combined.
- Pour into the prepared Bundt pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
- Once the cake has baked, let it cool for about 10 minutes in the pan, then turn the cake out onto a plate, and sprinkle with icing sugar.
More Delicious Bundt Cake Recipes:
- Coconut Pound Cake
- German Chocolate Bundt Cake
- Caramel Harvest Apple Bundt Cake
- Apple Coffee Cake
- Peach Bundt Cake
- Eggnog Bundt Cake
Have a delicious day!
My bestie is obsessed with Earl Grey tea, this tea cake would be a make a lovely gift alongside my Earl Grey truffles I make! Pinning this and making it soon!
I hope you and your friend enjoy it! I love the light Earl Grey flavour in this cake!
May i know why you use so much baking powder.. 3 tsp? I think 2 tsp should be enough. Too much baking powder will give funny aftertaste to your cake.
I tried dilmah earl grey before for my cakes. You don’t have to discard the tea leaves n they will give beautiful flecks to your cake.
Hi Audrey! It’s just the recipe that I have been using for years for my Bundt cakes…I’ve never noticed any aftertaste. I’m not sure how the cake would turn out with only 2 tsp of baking powder vs 3.
This recipe called for 4 tsp which I thought was a ton – but this review says 3? Can you confirm?
My recipe calls for 4 tsp, and that’s what I always use in my Bundt cakes. Some people think that’s too much, but I’ve never had any issues at all.
I’ve only ever made a chocolate earl grey tea cake and it was fab! Does this cake absolutely have to be baked in a bundt pan? I don’t have one and no way to go get one at present.
Hi Kai! I’ve only ever made it in a Bundt pan, but I think it would bake perfectly in a 9×13 baking pan. I would just watch the baking time and check it around 25 minutes, then monitor the baking after that point. I think it would take less baking time in the 9×13 pan.
Thank you!! I’m going to make it today! 🙂 I’m excited to try it.
I made this yesterday with a raspberry earl grey. It is quite delicious. I’m thinking of making the same recipe with Rose tea, because I think that will be completely divine. Instead of topping with powdered sugar. Made a light earl grey glaze(steeped tea bag in 3 TB of whole milk and 1.25 cups of powdered sugar) this added even more light earl grey flavor which of course was delightful. My only problem is that my cake turned out a bit dry. I am at 5000 feet. I considered adding a third egg. What do you think?
Hi Breanna! I wonder why it was dry…maybe a 3rd egg would work, but I’m not sure. If you try it let me know how it works out!
The extra egg or 2-3 T. more milk will accommodate your altitude. It’s the mountain high effect.
Hi there! I was looking to make this cake for someone with a gluten allergy. Would I be able to make this cake with using a box gluten free pound cake mix? And if so, how would I go about infusing the Earl Grey?
Hi Reilly! If I were to use a gluten free pound cake mix, I would just infuse the Earl Grey tea into the liquid required to make your cake. Let it seep for at least 10 minutes for maximum flavour. Good luck!
I just made this delicious cake and it turned out exactly like the picture ! It was a big hit for tea/coffee time 🙂 the only thing was I wanted a bit more earl grey flavour but I used a different earl grey than the recipe asked for so that might be why.
I’m so glad you liked this recipe! If you like more Earl Grey flavour you could always let it steep longer, or even use 2 tea bags! Now I’m craving this cake! 😉
Beautiful recipe! Can’t wait to try. Would you mind sharing the size of your bundt pan?
Lovely recipe! I would just adjust it to 2 tsp of baking powder as opposed to 4. Gave my bread a bitter aftertaste and had to throw it out =( I used a regular bread loaf pan so not sure if that’s the difference. King Arthur Flour gave a guideline of adding 1 tsp of b. powder to 1 cup of flour. I wouldn’t want others to throw out their breads as this is a beautiful recipe (great with added lemon zest too).
This is my new favorite recipe! It works every time and is an easy crowd-pleaser. Personally, I needed a stronger tea flavor so I just used three tea bags in the milk and cut open another bag to sprinkle on top. This is definitely a great recipe to try!
I just made this lovely little cake. My whole family loved it and asked for even more Earl Grey flavour! We are tea drinkers and this cake is wonderful. One question: I have small buntlette pans and I’d love to use them for this recipe – how should I adjust the bake time? Thank you!
Hi! I’m so happy you enjoyed this recipe! To answer your question about using Bundlette pans…I have never baked cakes in this type of pan before, but after doing a bit of research, it looks like they should bake about 18-20 minutes. I would just make sure to keep an eye on them as they bake so they don’t burn. Happy baking!