Earl Grey Tea Cupcakes #AmericasTea


One thing my little girl loves is tea parties! Now we have a porcelain tea party set that features Disney Princesses, Snow White, Aurora, Belle, and Cinderella! She wants to play tea party everyday. Now for the most part the tea is pretend, just water and some crackers, but I thought  for Father’s Day we would make it extra special! I decided we would have real tea, with tea infused cupcakes, you can’t get more tea party than that! So of course Hannah loves to get into the kitchen with me and help and so when I ran my idea by her, she glowingly concurred!

Off to Walmart we went….to look for tea
I decided I wanted something very robust in flavor and very English, so I chose after much deliberation, Earl Grey. I thought its robust flavor would pair well with the sweetness of the cupcake and standout in flavor on its own. So I asked Hannah which one she would like, I wanted something non-caffeninated for her tea party. I gave her the choice of green tea or orange tea, she of course chose the orange and spice (and everything nice) tea, you know the stuff little girls are made of…..lol.
So off we went to get everything else we needed to make Daddy’s special day wonderful! Now of course my red blooded American Man, wanted his steak for  dinner, so we picked up one of WalMart’s fantastic ribeye selections, and got two good sized steaks for a really good price. Now no steak meal would be complete without some kind of potatoes to go with it, and Nathan’s fav way to make potatoes is mashed, so we picked up some potatoes as well. Now last but not least, Nathan requested and Hannah didn’t protest as it is her favorite food, Mac and Cheese!
As soon as we arrived home we set to work getting ready for the tea party!!! Hannah was so excited she could hardly stand still! I took 5 Earl Grey tea bags and placed them on to boil in 2 cups of water. After bringing the tea to boil for about a minute, I turned the tea off and let it steep for 5 minutes. I like my tea strong, so I brewed this the same way. I then removed the tea bags and added two cups of sugar, and let it simmer and reduce on medium-low heat for around 45 minutes. When the Earl Grey mixture is cooled it will be thick like syrup! We made this first as this was the crux of our whole tea party day cupcake recipe!
Earl Grey Tea Cupcakes #AmericasTea
 
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Delicious Melt in your mouth Earl Grey Tea Cupcakes!
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Serves: 18

Ingredients
  • 5 bags of Earl Grey tea
  • 2 cups of water
  • 2 cups of sugar
  • 1 cup of whole wheat flour (pastry is best but non pastry will be fine too)
  • ¼ all purpose flour
  • ½ cup of buttermilk (add in ½tsp. of lemon juice to regular milk and let it sit for 5min if you don’t have any buttermilk)
  • ½ tsp of vanilla
  • 1 and ¼ tsp of baking powder
  • ½ tsp of baking soda
  • ½ cup of canola oil
  • ¾ cup of sugar (you can use less here because the syrup is so sweet)
  • ½ tsp of salt
  • 2 eggs
  • Icing Glaze
  • 2 sticks of butter (no seriously the real stuff here guys)
  • 3 cups of powdered sugar
  • ⅓ cup of Bigelow Earl Grey Simple syrup ( you can use up to ½ cup)
  • ¼ tsp of salt

Instructions
  1. Steep the tea in boiling water for five minutes.
  2. Remove tea bags (reserving ½ cup of tea) and add the 2 cups of sugar, stirring to combine.
  3. Let this mixture heat and reduce for 45 minutes on medium low heat.
  4. Meanwhile, Preheat oven to 350 degrees,
  5. In a stand mixer or with a hand mixer add in the eggs and beat on medium speed until the yolk turns slightly pale about 30 seconds.
  6. Then add in vanilla, canola oil, sugar, beat on medium speed until combined.
  7. Add in the tea, and milk and combine.
  8. Sift together all dry ingredients and mix in the dry ingredients a little at a time.
  9. I did it halves, half of the dry mixture, mixed until just combined and then added in the other half.
  10. Line your muffins tins with wrappers if you so desire, and this batter should make about 18 cupcakes.
  11. Place in the oven and cook for 7-9 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
  12. When the cupcakes come out of the oven uses a ladle to pour over a little bit of the syrup into each cupcake.
  13. While the cupcakes are cooling you can go ahead and make the icing. The trick to this icing is making sure your simple syrup is cooled before adding it in.
  14. I also like to use more cold butter rather than room temperature butter.
  15. Add in powdered sugar and the tea simple syrup mixture and whip until combined.
  16. The mixture should be thick, then add in the butter and whip until it looks like icing or a glaze.
  17. Top your completely cooled cupcakes and decorate as wanted.

Now these cupcakes are a labor of love, but trust me it is well worth the work! We have found new loves in the Bigelow Earl Grey tea, I am a convert, and will drink Earl Grey more often now, just having tried it!
Our tea party was a resounding success with Bigelow Orange and Spice tea, I steeped it in the microwave in a glass container for about a minute and it came out smelling and looking wonderful. I promptly added it to the tea pot and added in some ice to cool it down for precious tongues. Hannah and Daddy prepared for their Father’s Day Tea Party!
Hannah will only want real tea from now on after this amazing tea party!!!! We heart Bigelow tea! #AmericasTea
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