Monday, May 26, 2014

Tea Leaves Cupcakes with Crumble Topping

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I HOPE WHATEVER I HAVE SHARED HERE IS OF INTEREST TO ALL.  FORGIVE ME IF I HAVE MADE SOME MISTAKES IN THE POSTS AND I THANK YOU  FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE ERRORS AND VALUED COMMENTS/ADVICES.
One more cupcake recipe which I have bookmarked to bake long time ago. The original recipe is from Florence [Do What I Like - Lady Grey Cupcakes with Yuzu Cream]. Florence uses Lady Grey [1 tablespoon], a light black tea blend, which has been flavoured with lemon and orange, scented with a hint of Bergamot. The aroma is definitely citrus.  Since I didn't have this tea, I substituted it with Lipton tea sachet just to try out this recipe before I buy the Lady Grey.  Instead of Yuzu Cream, I used crumble topping.
It's a good attempt as I believe most people will have tea bags in the kitchen to try these cupcakes. Steps are easy and straightforward. This cupcake has the tea aroma but not the citrus flavour without the Lady Earl tea.
The texture is soft, light and fine, with the crumble topping, it's a nice cupcake.   It's a keeper as I always have a liking for soft and light cupcakes that aren't too sweet too.  My hubby gave a thumbs up for this when he had one while the cupcake was still warm.
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Ingredients
[makes 9 cupcakes]
50 gm butter - room temperature
50 gm castor sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1 large egg
65 ml milk
130 gm self raising flour
1 sachet Lipton tea
Crumble Topping
20 gm butter
20 gm castor sugar
60 gm plain flour or 45 gm plain flour+1 1/2 tbsp ground almond
 - Rub in until it's like bread crumbs and refrigerate until required
  1. Line baking tray with paper casings.  Preheat oven at 175 degrees C.
  2. Sieve flour and fine tea leaves together.  Set aside.
  3. Cream butter, sugar and salt in a mixing bowl with a hand whisk until light and fluffy.
  4. Add in the egg, beat well until creamy and light.
  5. Fold in 1/2 portion of the sifted flour and milk.  Mix well with a spatula.
  6. Add the rest of flour and milk.  Mix to just combine.
  7. Spoon batter into prepared paper casings until 80% full.  Top with crumble toppings.
  8. Bake in preheated oven on middle rack for 20-25 minutes.
This post is linked to Little Thumbs Up May Event - Milk Theme 
organised by Bake For Happy Kids and My Little Favourite DIY,

23 comments:

  1. Hi Kimmy! This is such a lovely cupcake with nice crumble topping. I also like the fact that it is a small recipe. And congrats on reaching million page views!

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  2. hmmm, i have seen lots of earl grey tea cuppies but one with tea leaves is interesting... gonna try these someday soon. thanks kimmy

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  3. Congratulations, Kimmy! Thank you for sharing your recipes, i have learnt quite a few from you too :) Would be nice to have one or two of these cupcakes for tea!

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  4. Hi Phong Hong, thanks, without you this may not happened. These days crazy over cupcake baking. The small portion allows me to try more recipes.

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  5. Hi Victoria, I'll get some Lady Grey to bake this again. Looking forward to taste the citrus flavour cupcake.

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  6. Hi Lite Home Bake, thanks. Frankly speaking, most of my bakes are shared or given away to family members and friends. You can have some....

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  7. hmmmm.... yummy!!! i wish i can bake maybe :) i try God Bless private chef in austin

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  8. congratulations Kimmy on your blog achievement! This cupcakes look so nice with the crumble top!

    Thanks for linkup with LTU!

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  9. Hi Kimmy, congrats on reaching million page views! Glad to know you thru blogging, sharing and learning recipes with you and other blogger pals.

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  10. Hooray! Congratulations for reaching over a million pageviews, Kimmy!
    I love Earl grey tea too and this cupcake must be very delicious :D

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  11. Congrats on your achievement! You are very hard working in postings, this is another lovely cupcake recipe that I wish I could try too.

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  12. Congratulation Kimmy! You have done very well to achieve 1 million view pages!

    Yes... you need these cupcakes to celebrate!!!

    Zoe

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  13. Hi Tze, you're welcome. Initially, my hubby told me it isn't that good then he tried another one. His opinion changed. It's good and gave a thumbs up. Something wrong with his taste-buds or mood? Hehehe!

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  14. Hi Karen, nice to have you visiting me and sharing your views. It's interesting to blog.

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  15. Hi Ann, thank you. I've never expected to reach this figure with the simple recipes and not too good presentations. The credit goes to all blogger friends, readers and visitors contributing their valuable time visiting this blog.

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  16. Thanks Jeannie, I love trying various recipes especially the easy, simple and healthy ones. There are really so many varieties to try, the only problem is time constraint. Hope I can have enough time to try as many as possible.

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  17. Hi Zoe, thanks for your encouragement. Without all of you, I don't think I can see this figure 1,000,000 in this blog. What next....?

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  18. Congrats, Kimmy.

    Simple, easy n delicious recipes I admire in your blog. Thanks again.

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  19. Hi Betty, thanks for finding my posts helpful to you. These days poeple don't seem to have time, simple recipes will be good.

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  20. Hi Kimmy,

    Thank you for your great recipe! I tried to bake this for my GM's farewell today. He's a tea lover. Everyone impressed of it! I learnt quite a few recipes from you.

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  21. Thank you for your great recipe! I baked this for my GM's farewell today. He's a tea lover. Everyone was WOW and impress with the crumbles on top. I learnt quite a few good recipes from you. Hope to learn more as I am fresh from baking.

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  22. Hi Kimmy! Thank you for your great recipes! I managed to bake it as a gift for my GM's farewell today. I learnt quite a few recipes from you.

    I already posted comment 2 times but it seems not reflected. So I commented again. pardon me if you receive 3 comments from me.

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  23. Hi Nicole, I have not seen your previous comments. I'm glad this recipe turned out well for you. Thanks for visiting my blog.

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