The perfect balance of spice and savouriness from Moringa Green Tea by Chai Diaries against the sweet and sour blueberry jam in this cake is a sheer delight to the eyes and palate.
Resembling a layered coffee cake, but prettier and burst of gorgeous colours – this cake will end up having a permanent spot on your craving list.
Making this cake is pretty straight forward and the highlight is this honey buttercream style frosting.
I use very strong cold brewed tea (approximately 3 tbsp of loose leaf in a cup of water, steeped overnight) that brings out that gorgeous colour and taste. My personal opinion is that I can reduce the sugar amount by a good few tablespoons as the jam is quite sweet. But most would keep the sugar amount as is below. The frosting is a mild honey buttercream speckled with vanilla bean, topped with a little bit more blueberry jam.
Enjoy!
The Recipe
Serves Yields: 8 inch loaf Serves: 10 slices Total Time: 1 hour
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup butter, softened
- ½ cup castor sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup strong cold brew Moringa Green Tea by Chai Diaries (use 2-3 tbsp tea for 1 cup water)
- ¾ cup blueberry jam
- Frosting:
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1-2 tbsp strong cold brew Moringa Green Tea by Chai Diaries
- 1/8 cup butter
- 1/8 cup icing sugar
- pinch of vanilla extract
- pinch of salt
- 1/8 cup blueberry jam
Instructions
- Grease and flour a medium loaf tin (9inches)
- Preheat the oven to 180C
- Whisk the dry ingredients of the cake and set aside
- Beat the butter and cream in a large mixing bowl
- Then add the eggs, one by one, beating continuously, followed by the cold brew tea
- Add the dry ingredients and combine with spatula
- Pour half the batter into the loaf tin
- Layer the blueberry jam evenly
- Pour the remaining the batter on top and pat the tin against the surface to remove any air bubbles
- Bake for 25-30 minutes
- Remove from the oven and allow for the cake to cool on a rack completely before turning out
- Meanwhile prepare the frosting by whisk together the honey, butter, icing sugar, vanilla, salt and tea until well combined
- Once the cake has cooled and turned over, spread the frosting over the loaf with an offset spatula
- Spread some blueberry jam on top
