The Only Tea Honey Cake Recipe You'll Need

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons of your favourite Madura black tea
• 1 cup of whole milk
• 170 grams of unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1/2 cup of raw granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs, room temperature
• 1/3 cup of honey + 3 extra table spoons
• 1/2 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract
• 2 cups of all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder
• Pinch of salt

For the Icing - Honey whipped cream

• 1/2 cup of pure cream, cold
• 2 tablespoons of sweetened condensed milk
• 2 tablespoons of raw honey

Method

1. Preheat oven to 175C.
2. Grind black tea leaves until coarsely ground in a spice grinder, or combine with milk in a blender and blend until consistent.
3. Heat the milk and ground tea leaves until simmering then turn off the heat and allow to steep while cooling to room temperature.
4. Beat cream, butter, and sugar together until light and fluffy, around 3 minutes.
5. Add eggs one at a time, beating each into the creamed butter mixture until light and fluffy, around 2 minutes for each egg.
6. Add honey and vanilla extract and beat until smoothly combined.
7. Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt together in a separate bowl.
8. Beat flour mixture and black tea-infused milk alternately with the creamed butter mixture, starting and ending with the flour mixture.
9. Butter and flour the inside of a loaf pan, tapping to release excess flour.
10. Pour batter into pan and swirl in 3 tablespoons of honey.
11. Bake for 50-60 minutes or until golden brown on top and a wooden skewer comes out clean.
12. Whip cream, sweetened condensed milk, and honey together until soft peaks form, then chill in the fridge.
13. Serve chilled whipped cream as an accompaniment to the cooled cake.

– Serve with your favourite Madura Black Tea and enjoy! Buy Madura Black Tea Inspired by Lady and Pups Honey Pound Cake.