Simple Earl Grey Cupcake Recipe

Posted on by Lifeoutsidetheinbox

Being stuck at home during quarantine and not being able to travel has turned us all into baking experts. While I’m not a tea drinker, I love the scent of Earl Grey tea so I decided to combine my favourite cupcake recipe with an Earl Grey twist. This Earl Grey Cupcake recipe worked out pretty well for me so I thought I’d share.

This recipe should make 12 cupcakes.

Ingredients

Dry ingredients:
1 tablespoon Earl Grey tea for brewing
2 teaspoons Earl Grey tea for grinding
1 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder

Wet ingredients:
6 tablespoons of hot water
¼ cup butter, softened
½ cup white sugar
2 large eggs
¾ cup buttermilk
2 teaspoons white vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and grease cupcake tin with butter (or coconut oil works as well).
  2. Steep the 1 tablespoon of Earl Grey tea leaves in 6 tablespoons of water. Reserve 4 tablespoons.
  3. In a blender, grind the 2 teaspoon of Earl Grey tea leaves into a coarse grind. Set aside.
  4. Mix the grounded tea leaves, flour, baking soda, salt, and baking powder together in a large mixing bowl until combined. Set aside.
  5. Place butter and sugar into a mixing bowl and beat until light and fluffy. Add room temperature eggs into butter-sugar mixture, one at a time, mixing the first egg in thoroughly before adding the second. Scrape down sides of bowl as you work.
  6. Beat buttermilk and vinegar into moist ingredients, followed by vanilla extract and 4 tablespoons of steeped tea.
  7. Pour dry ingredients into wet ingredients and gently whisk by hand until batter is smooth. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling them about 3/4 full.
  8. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Let sit in the pan for 10 minutes; remove cupcakes from pan and cool completely on a cooling rack.

8 steps sounds like a lot of work but this Earl Grey Cupcake Recipe really took me 15-20 minutes to put together and another 20 mins to bake. I’ve been having 1 of these Earl Grey Cupcakes every morning for breakfast with my latte 🙂

Hope you enjoy!

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