Black Currant Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    CAKE
    2/3 cup boiling water
    6 black currant tea bags (such as Twinings)
    1/3 cup nonfat sour cream
    3 cups flour
    1 teaspoon baking powder
    1/4 teaspoon salt
    2 cups sugar
    3/4 cup butter, softened
    3 eggs
    2 teaspoons vanilla extract
    cooking spray
    GLAZE
    1/4 cup boiling water
    1 black currant tea bag (such as Twinings)
    3/4 cup powdered sugar
    1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
Preparation
    Preheat oven to 350F\u00b0.
    CAKE: Pour 2/3 cup boiling water over 6 tea bags in a bowl; steep 10 minutes.
    Remove and discard tea bags; cool tea to room temperature.
    Stir in sour cream.
    Combine flour, baking powder, and salt, stirring with a whisk.
    Place sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat until well blended or about 5 minutes.
    Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
    Beat in vanilla.
    Add flour mixture and brewed tea mixture alternately to sugar mixture; mix after each addition.
    Spoon batter into a 10-inch tube pan coated with cooking spray.
    Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
    Cool in pan 15 minutes on a wire rack.
    Remove from pan; cool completely on wire rack.
    GLAZE: Pour 1/4 cup boiling water over 1 tea bag in a medium bowl; steep 5 minutes.
    Remove and discard tea bag.
    Add powdered sugar and juice to brewed tea, stirring well with a whisk.
    Drizzle glaze over cake.

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