Beat the frosting until it becomes fluffy and spreadable, about 5 minutes.Īdd gel food colouring: Divide a small portion of icing into a piping bag and snip off the tip of the bag. Whip in earl grey-infused milk: Add in the earl grey infused milk one tablespoon at a time. As the sugar is combined, turn up the mixer to medium speed. How to make earl grey buttercreamĬream the butter: In a large mixing bowl, beat the softened butter with an electric mixer and paddle attachment until it becomes creamy and light in colour, about 4 minutes.Īdd powdered sugar: With the mixer on low speed, add in all the powdered sugar. Make lemon curd: Make one batch of my lemon curd the day before assembling the cake or before making the earl grey buttercream to allow time for it to cool completely. Let them cool in their pans for 10 minutes before flipping the cakes out upside down and letting them cool completely. For 6" cake pans, I filled each with about 450g of batter.īake: Bake cakes for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Pour into cake pans: Divide the batter evenly into lined cake pans. Beat in the eggs and vanilla extract until all combined.Īlternate mixing in milk and flour: With the mixer on low speed, alternate adding in half the flour mixture into the wet mixture, then add half the earl grey infused milk at a time, until both are just combined. Mix wet ingredients: In a large mixing bowl, use an electric mixer to beat together melted butter, oil, and sugar. Mix dry ingredients: In a medium bowl, stir together cake flour, baking powder, and salt. Reserve about 4 tablespoons of this earl grey infused milk in a separate small bowl for the frosting. Use a spoon to press tea bags against the side of the pot to squeeze out all the tea-infused liquid inside before discarding. Stir in the earl grey tea bags, cover, and steep for 5-10 minutes. Infuse milk with tea: In a small pot, heat milk until just before it simmers. That recipe will make just enough lemon curd to fill one 3-layered 6" or 8" cake.
You can see that post for more detailed instructions on how to make lemon curd that I don't go into here. I couldn't stop thinking about this combination before I made this cake and now I can't stop thinking about making it again and again.įor the star element of this cake, the lemon curd, you'll want to make one batch of my lemon curd recipe. It has the fragrant tea flavour of earl grey in both the soft cake layers and the simple American buttercream with a bright tanginess of lemon curd in the middle of each layer to offset the sweetness of the cake. This earl grey lemon cake is everything I want in a cake. This earl grey lemon cake features earl grey infused cake layers with earl grey buttercream and tangy lemon curd between each layer.