Earl Grey Pound Cake With Lemon Curd Food

EASY LEMON CURD POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a loaf pan with parchment paper.
• Combine flour, sugar, butter, eggs, and lemon curd in a bowl or food processor. Mix well. Place into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the center of the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean, 60 to 90 minutes.
• Blend lemon juice, white sugar, and lemon zest together in a bowl while cake is baking.
• Let cake cool in the pan, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour the lemon-sugar topping over the warm cake to let soak. Allow to cool, about 30 minutes. Turn cake out of the pan.

EARL GREY POUND CAKE WITH LEMON CURD

Steps:

• Let the butter, eggs, and sour cream stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 12 individual fluted tube pans; set aside.
• In a large bowl combine flour, ground tea leaves, baking powder, salt, and soda; set aside.
• In a very large mixing bowl beat butter with an electric mixer on medium-high speed for 1 to 2 minutes.
• Add granulated sugar; continue beating 5 minutes.
• Beat in the eggs, 1 at a time, scraping sides of bowl after each addition.
• Beat in vanilla (Mixture may appear curdled).
• Alternately add flour mixture and sour cream to butter mixture, beating on low speed after each addition until combined.
• Spoon batter into prepared pans, filling two-thirds full.
• Bake 25 minutes or until pick inserted near center comes out clean.
• Cool in pans on racks 10 minutes.
• Remove; cool on racks.
• TO FINISH:.
• Split cakes in half. Place tops on plates upside down; spread with curd.
• Add bottoms to creat a proper looking bundt cake.
• Sprinkle powdered sugar.
• *TIP:.
• For 4 teaspoons ground Earl Grey tea leaves, open bags with finely ground tea leaves (5 bags) or use mortar and pestle to finely grind loose Earl Grey tea leaves; measure 4 teaspoons.).