Bake No Prisoners » lavender http://www.bakenoprisoners.com/wordpress Tue, 24 Jun 2014 17:10:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 London Fog Tea Cakes http://www.bakenoprisoners.com/wordpress/index.php/london-fog-tea-cakes/ http://www.bakenoprisoners.com/wordpress/index.php/london-fog-tea-cakes/#comments Thu, 23 Jan 2014 01:42:39 +0000 Carrie Hoke http://www.bakenoprisoners.com/wordpress/?p=1986 London Fog Tea Cakes

I have discovered the tea of all teas.

The most magnificent drink in all the land.

I’m serious here people… It has changed my life forever.

May I introduce you to the London Fog Tea Latte.

I first discovered its existence on Instagram. A friend of mine had posted a photo of her latte and just went on and on about it. So the next day, I stopped in at my neighborhood coffee shop to try it for myself. Honestly,  I wasn’t sure if they would know what I was talking about. I live in a pretty small town compared to most. But here’s a secret, if you go to Starbucks, they call it the Earl Grey Latte. It’s all the same though. Earl Grey tea with lavender, vanilla, and steamed milk or rather soy for me.

HEAVEN. IN. A. CUP.

After I had drank about 5 or 50 lattes, I decided I needed to step it up a bit. I needed to somehow take my new favorite drink and turn it into a cute, little cake-y dessert. It had to be light and fluffy and lavender. Oh, and it had to be pretty. So I made these…

London Fog Tea Cakes

The first step is to make your earl grey infused tea butter. I melted 1 cup or 2 unsalted sticks of butter in a nonstick pan over low to medium heat. Then I added 2 Tazo Earl Grey tea satchels to the melted butter and let it steep for several minutes. Even though the recipe only calls for 1/2 cup  or 1 stick of unsalted butter, I used 1 cup of butter because some of the butter will get lost in the process due to evaporation and then you will inevitably lose a bit trying to transfer it from the pan to the bowl. I have infused butter with tea before when I made these and absolutely loved the flavor, so I couldn’t wait to do it again for my London Fog Tea Cakes.

London Fog Tea Cakes

So I have to share a secret with you guys. My most favorite part about these cakes is the lavender. Not only did I use lavender extract, but I also added lavender sugar. I know I know. Lavender is an acquired taste. I have heard people say, I love lavender, just not in my desserts. But to me, it is absolutely delightful with the Earl Grey tea infused butter.

London Fog Tea Cakes

I am also totally obsessed with my new tea cup cupcake mold. Aren’t they adorbs?!I just couldn’t wait to find the perfect reason to pull these babies out…

London Fog Tea Cakes

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London Fog Tea Cakes

Ingredients

    For the cakes:
  • 1/2 cup {1 stick} unsalted butter, steeped in Tazo Earl Grey tea
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup vanilla lavender sugar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon lavender extract
  • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
    • For the frosting:
  • 1 cup {2 sticks} unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1 lb. confectioner sugar
  • 1 tablespoon meringue powder
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon lavender extract
  • splash of heavy cream

Instructions

    For the cakes:
  1. Preheat oven to 350° and line a standard 12 cup muffin pan with cupcake liners.
  2. In your stand mixer bowl fitted with your paddle attachment, combine flour, sugars, baking powder, and salt.
  3. Add tea infused butter, sour cream, eggs, and extracts; beat at medium speed until smooth, about 1 minute.
  4. Scrape down sides of bowl with rubber spatula and mix again for about 30 seconds.
  5. Divide batter evenly among cups of prepared muffin pan.
  6. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
  7. Remove the cakes from muffin pan and transfer to wire rack.
  8. Allow cakes to come to room temperature before frosting.
    9. For the frosting:
  9. In your stand mixer bowl, cream the butter on medium-high speed for 2-3 minutes making sure to stop to scrape the bowl once or twice.
  10. Reduce the speed to low and gradually add the confectioner sugar and meringue powder.
  11. Once all of the powdered sugar is incorporated, increase the speed to medium-high and add the vanilla.
  12. Add a splash or two of heavy cream until you achieve the desired consistency.
  13. Whip at medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 2-3 minutes, scraping the bowl as needed.
  14. Any unused frosting can be stored in an airtight container and placed in the refrigerator until future use; let frosting come to room temperature before using.
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Here is a little known fact:I love birthdays and especially birthday parties and more importantly, MY birthday party.

I turn 30 this year for the fourth time. To celebrate, the Hubster and I are planning a trip to Orlando in June. My birthday theme is Disney princess, so we plan to hit up the Magic Kingdom and try to find and take a picture with, as many princesses as we can. I may even wear my own tiara and become my own Disney princess for a day. We tried to make a reservation to eat at Cinderella’s Royal Table, but they are booked months in advance.  So if anyone knows any secrets on how to get in, then please let me know! In addition to Magic Kingdom, we also plan to go to Epcot for a day and then head on over to Universal to visit Harry, Ron, and Hermione at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Yeah. Like I could go to Orlando and not go to the WWOHP. As if.

Anyway, I am super excited, so I made you guys cake to celebrate.

Lemon Poppyseed Bundt Cake

I actually had a lot of help this week when thinking up this recipe. I realized I wanted to make my cake with lemon because I love lemon desserts in the Spring. So after talking with my Mom, I decided to use her fabulous southern pound cake recipe as the base of mine. Then a student at school, I call him Harvard, actually thought mini bundt cakes would be perfect to use with my idea. I couldn’t have agreed more, so onto Amazon I went to order my mini bundt baking pan. Wilton makes the best Elite baking pans and my pan makes 6 mini bundt cakes at a time. Finally, Savory Spice Shop carries Organic Lavender flavoring, so I picked up a bottle to go into my icing. So there you go. The cutest Lemon Poppy Seed Bundt Cakes on the block. And oh. so. delicious.

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Lemon Poppyseed Bundt Cakes

Yield: 18 mini bundt cakes

Recipe by Carrie, adapted by Mom

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter
  • 3 cups flour
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 1/4 cup poppy seeds
  • 6 eggs
  • 1 pint of sour cream
  • 2 tablespoons of milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon lemon flavoring
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • pinch of salt
  • zest of one lemon
  • For the lavender icing: 1 cup confectioner's sugar, 1 teaspoon lavender flavoring, and 4-6 teaspoons heavy cream

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare pan with flour nonstick spray.
  2. Cream butter in bowl of electric stand mixer until light and fluffy.
  3. Add sugar and mix well.
  4. Add eggs, one at a time.
  5. Add milk, vanilla, lemon, zest and sour cream.
  6. Combine flour, baking soda, poppyseed, and salt.
  7. Slowly add flour to mixture until blended.
  8. Spoon carefully into prepared mini bundt pan.
  9. Bake for 18-20 minutes or until golden brown.
  10. Carefully spoon icing onto cake and top with lemon zest.
  11. For the Lavender icing:Start with 1 cup confectioner's sugar, 1 teaspoon lavender, and 4 teaspoons heavy cream.
  12. Continue adding cream by the teaspoon until desired consistency.
  13. To make a bigger batch, double the recipe. I choose to make my icing just before serving, so my icing doesn't harden.
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Lemon Poppyseed Bundt Cake

Mom’s Southern Pound Cake recipe. Thanks Mom.

Lemon Poppyseed Bundt Cake

 

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