London fog cake

Name: London fog cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Cuisine: European, British
Ingredients: 8 ounce package cream cheese; 3/4 cup powdered sugar; 1/8 tsp salt; 1/4 cup loose leaf tea, earl gray; 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 2 cups all purpose flour; 2 cups sugar; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 teaspoon baking soda; 1 tsp baking powder; 2 teaspoon instant coffee; 3/4 cup cocoa powder; 1 tsp vanilla; 2 eggs; 1 cup vegetable oil; 1 cup milk; 1 cup brewed tea, earl gray; 1tsp crushed lavender (optional)

6 steps

Prep:20minCook:30min

Updated at: Sat, 25 Nov 2023 07:46:55 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories555.2 kcal (28%)

Total Fat32.7 g (47%)

Carbs63.1 g (24%)

Sugars43.3 g (48%)

Protein6.4 g (13%)

Sodium476.5 mg (24%)

Fiber2.2 g (8%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

12 servings

For the icing

8 ouncecream cheese

package

¾ cuppowdered sugar

⅛ tspsalt

¼ cuploose leaf tea

earl gray

¾ cupheavy whipping cream

1 tspvanilla extract

For the cake

2 cupsall purpose flour

2 cupssugar

1 teaspoonsalt

2 teaspoonbaking soda

1 tspbaking powder

2 teaspooninstant coffee

¾ cupcocoa powder

1 tspvanilla

2eggs

1 cupvegetable oil

1 cupmilk

1 cuptea

brewed, earl gray

1 tsplavender

crushed, optional

Instructions

For the icing

Step 1

Steep loose or 3 tea bags of earl grey in heavy cream over night. Fridge mixing bowl and beaters. The next day strain the heavy whipping cream and beat until peaks form.

FridgeCool

Bowl

Step 2

In a seperate large bowl combine room temperature cream cheese, sugar, salt and vanilla. Beat until smooth, then fold in whipped cream.

MixerMix

Bowl

For the cake

Step 3

The night before add 2 tsp lavender to 2 cups of granulated sugar. Let it sit covered and imbue overnight.

Step 4

Preheat oven to 325 f. In a large mixing bowl, sift together dry ingredients. Add oil, tea and milk and mix at medium speed for 2 minutes. Add eggs and vanilla and beat 2 more minutes. Expect batter to be thin.