Chocolate-Earl Grey Cake

Chocolate-Earl Grey CakeSusie Cushner
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Serves 10| Hands-On Time: 15m | Total Time: 2hr 00m

Ingredients

  • Earl Grey tea bags or 2 tablespoons loose Earl Grey
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
  • eggs
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/2 cup plain yogurt
  • confectioners' sugar

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 350° F. Coat an 8-cup fluted tube pan with cooking spray. 
  2. Brew the tea in the water 3 to 5 minutes. Remove the tea bags or strain the leaves and set the brewed tea aside.
  3. Using a mixer, beat the butter, eggs, and granulated sugar until fluffy. Blend in the chocolate. Beat in the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, yogurt, and brewed tea. Pour into pan.
  4. Bake 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out with a few crumbs attached. Remove from oven and let stand 5 minutes. Turn out of pan and cool. Dust with confectioners' sugar.
By Jane Kirby,  March 2003

Nutritional Information

  • Per Serving
  • Calories 413
  • Calcium  76mg
  • Carbohydrate  64g
  • Cholesterol  88mg
  • Fat  17g
  • Fiber  3g
  • Iron  3mg
  • Protein  7mg
  • Sat Fat  10g
  • Sodium  266mg
What does this mean? See Nutrition 101.

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