How to make sweet cinnamon spice tea cake

For this latest Snapguide contest, I pulled out all the stops! These little cakes are made with sweet cinnamon spice tea, that really adds the perfect spice to this cake! Let me know what you think!

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Begin by beating your egg whites until stiff peaks form!

Begin by beating your egg whites until stiff peaks form!

Set aside your egg whites!

Set aside your egg whites!

Meanwhile combine your 1/2 cup boiling water with your tea bag, (look at that you're brewing tea!)

Meanwhile combine your 1/2 cup boiling water with your tea bag, (look at that you're brewing tea!)

Beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Approximately 3-5 minutes!

Beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Approximately 3-5 minutes!

Add your vanilla extract!

Add your vanilla extract!

Combine your milk, heavy cream, and lemon juice in a bowl!

Combine your milk, heavy cream, and lemon juice in a bowl!

Sift together flour baking powder and salt.

Sift together flour baking powder and salt.

Add flour and milk mixture to your batter alternating DRY-WET-DRY-WET-DRY. :)

Add flour and milk mixture to your batter alternating DRY-WET-DRY-WET-DRY. :)

Then add 1/4 cup of the brewed tea!

Then add 1/4 cup of the brewed tea!

And a splash of cinnamon.

And a splash of cinnamon.

Finally fold in your egg whites!

Finally fold in your egg whites!

To make your crumble topping combine ingredients and crumble with a fork or your fingers!(:

To make your crumble topping combine ingredients and crumble with a fork or your fingers!(:

Pour batter into a greased muffin tin, and sprinkle heavily with crumble topping!

Pour batter into a greased muffin tin, and sprinkle heavily with crumble topping!

Bake your muffins for approximately 20 - 25 minutes! Or until they no longer jiggle. :)

Bake your muffins for approximately 20 - 25 minutes! Or until they no longer jiggle. :)

Enjoy immensely!

Enjoy immensely!

Try not to eat all of them. Or do. And make more the next day. ;)

Try not to eat all of them. Or do. And make more the next day. ;)

Feel free to comment questions, or anything else!! Have fun baking, xxxooo -Rikki

Feel free to comment questions, or anything else!! Have fun baking, xxxooo -Rikki

  • For the batter:
  • 3/4c Butter room temperature
  • 3/4c Sugar
  • 1.0Tbsp Vanilla extract
  • 14.0Tbsp Milk (almost a cup)
  • 2.0Tbsp Heavy cream
  • 2.0Tbsp Lemon juice
  • 1.0 Cinnamon Spice Tea Bag
  • 1/2c Hot water
  • 3.0c Flour sifted
  • 4.0tsp Baking powder
  • 1.0tsp Salt
  • 1.0pch Cinnamon
  • 1.0pch Nutmeg
  • 3.0 Egg whites
  • Topping ingredients:
  • 3/4c Butter
  • 1/2c Brown sugar
  • 3/4c Flour
  • 1.0pch Cinnamon
  • 1.0tsp Cinnamon Spice Tea
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