EARL GREY CAKE

Today is Cat Day and if you have a gray cat like I do, then what can be better to celebrate it than with a delicious Earl Grey cake? This amazing cake is very easy to make, so let's bake! :)

Ingredients for the cake :

• 1 cup of milk
• 5 earl grey tea bags
• 200 g butter
• 220 g sugar
• 3 eggs
• 340 g flour
• 1 tsp lemon zest or few drops of lemon extract
• 2 tsp baking powder

Pour the milk into a small souce pan and bring it to boil. Take it of the heat, add 5 earl grey tea bags and cover it up for 10 minutes to brew. Take the tea bags out and let the milk cool down to room temperature before using. Leave out 3 tbsp of the milk for the buttercream.

In a large bowl mix the butter and sugar on medium/high speed for 5 minutes. Start adding one egg at a time. Add the lemon zest (or few drops of lemon extract), flour and baking powder and mix it into the mixture on low speed. Add the milk and mix till all is combined.

Grease and line a 20 cm baking pan, pour the batter in and bake at 160°C (320°F) for 1 hour. Let it cool before decorating.

Ingredients for earl gray buttercream :

• 100 g soft butter
• 230 g icing sugar
• 3 tbsp milk (from brewing earlier)
• black gel food coloring for gray color (optional)

Mix the butter on high speed for 5 minutes. Add the icing sugar in two stages and mix well inbetween. Mix the food coloring with the earl grey milk and mix it into the mixture.

And there it is, a delicious Earl Grey cake, perfect for tea time :)