RECIPE: Rec: Constant Comment Tea Cake

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melissa-dallas

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Someone mentioned loving Constant Comment tea the other day and so do I. This recipe for a simple single-layer powdered sugar dusted cake from one of their long-ago recipe booklets has been on my "to try" list for a long time Maybe one of you has made this before and can tell me how it is.

½ cup milk

5 Bigelow “Constant Comment”® Tea Bags

½ cup unsalted butter (1 stick)

1 cup sugar

3 eggs, room temperature

1-2/3 cups flour

2-1/2 teaspoons baking powder

Confectioners sugar

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease and flour a 9″ round cake pan.

Combine milk and tea bags in a small saucepan. Heat over medium/low heat until bubbles form around the edge, stirring occasionally. (DO NOT BOIL.)

Remove from heat and let cool (15-20 minutes); remove tea bags squeezing out liquid. Set aside.

In large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until smooth.

Add the eggs and whisk to blend. Add the cooled milk; continue to whisk until thoroughly combined.

Add flour and baking powder; mix until a smooth batter forms.

Pour batter into pan. Bake approximately 35 minutes, or until center of cake springs back when touched. Cool on wire rack before removing from pan.

Let cool completely before serving. Dust top with confectioners sugar.

Yields one 9” round cake.

 
While searching for the grinder attachment yesterday I found a large box labeled "adhesive bandaids"

Being curious, I opened the box to discover what appeared to be the remains of dh's desk clean-out when he retired from the navy 5 years ago. A box of tea was in there. He said "oh, good, I'll take this to work tomorrow." I'm guessing 5 year old tea will not give the same aroma.

I guess it could have been worse, it could have been Twinkies.

 
For some reason, that reminds me of granny (Beverly Hillbillies) dabbing vanilla behind her ears

 
Melissa, huge fan of Constant Comment here...

just had it this weekend after dinner when they presented the tea box. And yes, love the smell in the envelope after one opens it. Too bad the drink doesn't taste that way. Be that as it may, I have to ask:

Would this really flavor a cake?

I am with you, anyone tried this?

 
There are so many tea flavored things I don't know why not. 5 bags is a lot for

one cup of liquid. The pictures I have seen online of the cake show it looking almost like gingerbread. I also had a thought this morning while I was looking at a box of Tazo chai on the counter that maybe the two might be nice mixed in the cake to broaden the spice profile. The reviews I've seen are good. I'm low on tea right now and don't have five bags of the CC to make it. Also too hot to turn on the oven. It's really frustrating to be a baking lover in this extreme temp part of the country. And early in the morning or late at night don't cut it-this time of the year sometimes the temp doesn't drop much below 90 at night. It may still be 95 at 10:00 p.m. You can still feel the heat radiating down from the ceiling at 5:00 a.m.

 
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