Bigelow for Dessert!
Tuesday, 10 April 2007 by admin
Ingredients:
12 Bigelow® Pomegranate Pizzazz tea bags
2 cups (500mL) boiling water
3 cups (750mL) all-purpose flour
1 cup (250mL) sugar
1½ tablespoons (22.5mL) baking powder
¾ teaspoon (3.5mL) salt
¾ cup of vegetable oil
3 large eggs
1½ cup cooled Pomegranate tea from above (reserve 6 tablespoons (90mL) for icing
Glaze:
2 cups (500mL) icing sugar
5-6 tablespoons (75-90mL) of remaining Pomegranate tea
Add 1 tablespoon at a time to make a stiff icing
Instructions:
Make tea by steeping tea bags in the boiling water for 10 minutes. Set aside to cool.
Preheat over to 400ºF (200ºC).
Line muffin pans with muffin paper liners (total of 12) and spray top of muffin pan with cooking spray.
Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in large mixing bowl. Whisk together oil, eggs and reserved tea in separate bowl until combined. Add the egg mixture to the flour mixture and stir until the dry ingredients are moist and blended. Do not over mix.
Scoop the muffin mixture into prepared muffin pan filling to the top of each muffin cup.
Bake 12-15 minutes or until light golden brown or when a toothpick comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool for 5 minutes. Turn out the muffins and glaze.
Make the glaze by combining icing sugar and 5-6 tablespoons (75-90mL) tea. Ice the muffins with glaze.
Yield: Make 12 muffinsÂ
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 12-15 minutes
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Ingredients:
6 Bigelow® Tasty Tangerine Herbal Tea Bags
¾ cup (180mL) boiling water
½ cup (125mL) butter, soften
1 ½ up (375mL) sugar
3 eggs
2 ½ cups (275mL) all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons (7.5mL) baking powder
¾ teaspoon (2mL) salt
1 cup (250mL) buttermilk
1 cup (250mL) raisins
1 ½ teaspoons (7.5mL) vanilla
½ cup (125mL) walnuts, chopped
1 tablespoon (15mL) orange peel, grated
Frosting:
1/3 cup (80mL) butter, softened
3 cups (750mL) powdered sugar
4 Bigelow® Tasty Tangerine Herbal Tea Bags
½ cup (125mL) boiling water
2 teaspoons (10mL) orange peel, grated
Instructions:
Cake:
Preheat oven to 350ºF (180ºC). Prepare an 11″ x 13″ (27.5cm x 32.5cm) pan by greasing and flouring. Boil water and add Bigelow® Tasty Tangerine Tea Bags, let steep for 10 minutes, strain making sure that you have ½ cup (125mL) tea.
Cream butter and sugar; add eggs – one at a time, mixing well. Add dry ingredients, alternately with buttermilk and the tea. Add vanilla and mix well. Add raisins, walnuts and orange peel. Pour batter into pan, bake cake for 45-50 minutes.
Frosting:
Make tea by infusing boiling water with Bigelow Tasty Tangerine Herb Tea, let steep for 10 minutes. Remove tea bags and make frosting by beating butter, powdered sugar and tea together. Spread frosting on top of the cake and garnish with grated orange zest.
Yield: 15 to 20 servings
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 40-45 minutes
No. 1 — April 15th, 2007 at 7:28 pm
I want to make this cake in the worst way…it sounds delicious, but I have a problem. I cannot find Tangerine tea anywhere in this area(West Central Ohio). Because this recipe set my mouth watering for Tangerine flavored something, I committed the shortcut decision that turned out pretty good actually. We were having a church dinner and I wanted to prepare something newer than deviled eggs or jello. I bought a box of orange cake mix and a tub of whipped cream cheese icing. When I made the cake, i substitued a cup of strong Bigelow Orange Spice Tea for the plain water. I was surprised at the positive comments I got on the cake, some ladies even asked me for the recipe, believing it was made from scratch.
Coincidentlly, the previous Tuesday evening had being our ladies Friendship Tea at the church and I was the guest speaker. I chose to talk on the history of tea since I am an avid tea drinker. I included recipes that I had found on the Bigelow site and even managed to develop an ice breaking game using all the interesting facts about tea. The evening was a very relaxed, fun event, and by this Sunday, when we had this dinner, I can say that our ladies were very accepting of my shortcut cake. Their eyes have been opened now to the miriad of possibilities to be found in a little tea bag. It’s not just confined to a cup anymore.
I was surprised that I could find no listing of where I can find Tangerine Tea except to buy a rather expensive assortment package on-line. Many companies can give me a local source for their product. I realize that Bigelow distributes millions of packages of tea a year, but is this a service you could look into providing for us who want specialty teas in limited quantities. Bigelow is my favorite brand regardless of what’s available. Thanks for a great product.
No. 2 — April 17th, 2007 at 12:46 pm
Outside of your local store and as a courtesy, we sell our teas directly to consumers by the case.
A case is made up of six individual boxes of one kind of tea.
You can order directly from us through our web site, http://www.bigelowtea.com, or by calling our toll free number, 1-888-BIGELOW (1-888-244-3569).
This number is available Monday through Friday, between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm EST.
The price of our tea is $19.75 per case, plus shipping and handling charges. For your convenience, you may pay by Visa, MasterCard, American Express, check, or money order.
Thank you for your question and your interest in Bigelow Tea!
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