Teatime Tuesday

Good evening ladies and gentlemen,

I am having a quiet, peaceful, lazy kind of day today. And so, I thought it would be pleasant to have tea with my husband this afternoon. But what should I make?  I mentioned in a previous post that one of the secrets to good gluten free baking is to measure by weight. Another resource for finding recipes by weight is to check European sites. One of my favorite sites for finding recipes is allrecipes.co.uk. So I decided to search in their collection of Afternoon Tea recipes. I decided on the one egg cake. 

Those who know me, know that I always tinker with recipes. I decided to enhance the lemon flavor by adding the zest of one whole lemon with the dry ingredients and doubling the lemon extract. I used my homemade gluten free flour blend. Any should work, as long as it contains xanthum gum. I increased the bake time to 1 hour. I also made a lemon glaze for the cake. In a saucepan, I combined: the juice of one lemon, 2 Tblsp. water, and 100 gr. sugar. I cooked, stirring constantly till the sugar was completely dissolved. After removing from the heat I added 1 tsp. vanilla extract and 1 tsp. lemon extract to the glaze. When the cake is done remove from oven and leave in the pan. Poke the top of the cake all over with a skewer.

Pour the glaze over the still warm cake. Allow to cool completely in the pan. When cool carefully invert onto a a plate or cake stand. Serve with a nice cup of tea.

Shared with Antiques and Teacups.
Bernideen,
and Rose Chintz Cottage

Weaver

p.s. I have not been paid or in any way compensated to endorse allrecipes.co.uk.

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