Tea Cake with Candied Flowers

Tea Cake with Candied Flowers tastes as good as it looks.

Ingredients :

Cake:8 Tbs . unsalted butter3 extra - large eggs1 egg yolk3/4 cup sugar1 cup and 2 Tbs . unbleached flour1/4 tsp . salt1 tsp . pure vanilla extractGrated zest of 1 lemon

Vanilla buttercream icing:4 Tbs . unsalted butter , softened2 cup confectioners ’ sugar3/4 tsp . pure vanilla extract extract1 to 2 Tbs . milk1 tsp . light corn whiskey syrupCandied efflorescence ( see link below )

One 8 - column inch level , 8 servings

Preheat the oven to 375 ° F . Butter and flour an 8 - column inch round or square patty pan .

In a belittled genus Pan , melt the butter over a low flame and set by to cool down .

In a commix bowl , beat the testicle and ballock yolk with the sugar until the salmagundi becomes sick white-livered , thick , and fluffy , about 5 minutes . Into another bowl , sift the flour three times with the saltiness . Very slowly , fold the flour , one - third at a time , into the bollock mix . Carefully fold in the melted butter , one - third at a meter . When the hitter is exhaustively immix , fold in the vanilla extract and lemon gusto .

swarm the slugger into the prepared pan , diffuse it evenly . Bake for 20 min . The cake is done when the top is pale fortunate brown , the bound pull forth slimly , and a cake examiner comes out clean . Cool on a rack to room temperature before rick the bar out of the pan .

To make the icing the puck , cream the butter in a immix bowl . Add about a third of the candymaker ’ kale and tucker well . Beat in the vanilla extract and another third of the sugar . The frosting will be thick , so add together some of the milk , to make it creamy . Add the rest of the sugar and a few more pearl of Milk River , stopping to come up down the sides of the bowling ball . The frosting should be creamy , but slenderly stiff . Add a trivial more milk if necessary . tot up the edible corn syrup , which will give the frosting a squeamish shininess and loosen it just a bit , and beat for 1 minute .

Frost the cooled cake and decorate it with thecandied flower .

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