Red Dress Vanilla Rose Pound Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon breadcrumbs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda (2.5 ml.)
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons loose tea leaves (red dress decaf vanlla rose tea)
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 cup butter, softened (5 oz.)
• 1 cup sugar (250 ml.)
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup milk (125 ml.)
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice (15 ml.)
• 2 lemons, rind of, grated

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350 °f.
• 2 butter a loaf pan (8.5" x 4.5" x 2.5"), sides as well as the bottom.
• 3 then coat the sides and bottom of the loaf pan with the bread crumbs. set aside.
• 4 sift together the flour, baking soda, and baking powder, then stir in the tea and salt, mix well. set aside.
• 5 in a mixing bowl, beat the butter until smooth. next add in the sugar slowly and mixing until smooth and light in texture. then add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. set aside the batter.
• 6 and in a cup stir together milk, lemon juice, and lemon rind.
• 7 separate the dry ingredient mixture and the milk mixture into three portions each.
• 8 now mix the dry ingredients and the milk mixture to the batter, alternating the dry ingredients and the milk mixture, making sure the batter is combined before adding the next.
• 9 pour the batter into the loaf pan and bake for about 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
• 10 cool before unmolding the cake. unmold by inverting the pan onto a cutting board. slice and serve by itself or with ice cream.