in the kitchen with: kate gover’s assam chai-der cake
October 17, 2010 by admin · 10 Comments
I love tea. I love wrapping my hands around a hot cup in the winter. I love a special iced tea in the summer. This year, I discovered the award-winning artisan Lahloo Tea, thanks to a Twitter contact! I started out with an Earl Grey sample and fell in love. To wed my love of tea and a little something sweet, Kate Gover, Lahloo’s founder, is sharing a recipe for an Assam “chai-der” apple cake. It’s apple season, meaning the temperature is dropping and the days are getting shorter. Is there a better time to try out a little tea cake with a cup of tea? And it’s surprisingly low fat! What are you waiting for? — Kristina
About Kate and Lahloo: Kate Gover used to hate tea with a passion. That was until she tasted a Japanese green tea produced by farmers on a tiny estate. She fell in love with the complex taste and a new and exciting world opened up to her. That one extraordinary cup inspired Kate to start Lahloo and it would be hard to find someone more passionate about tea. With a little help from two expert importers, Lahloo brings you fairly traded, organic tea direct from small artisan producers. After only 18 months in business, Lahloo won a Great Taste Gold Award this year.
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Mmm, I love tea, I have over 20 different kinds in my house, all in their proper tins. I haven’t done much experimenting with tea and food, but I often get a tingly feeing when I look at my green tea to use it for something other than tea. Now I’m even more motivated…Love, Jules
Beautiful Molly Hatch tray too!
Great looking recipe.
I think you are on to something this season “Chaider!” could be the new muled wine!
Oooh I love a good apple cake! *saves* thanks for sharing!
Hi Nadine!
Muscovado sugar is brown sugar, and sultanas are almost exactly like raisins, from my experience. So if you can’t find “sultanas” don’t worry. When I made the cake, -all- I could find was “sultanas”!
Kristina
oh I love mud stuff!
nadine-sultanas are dried grapes, and the sugar is like dark brown sugar
I’m a big fan of tea . . . chai in particular. This looks SO good, I’m drooling on my keyboard!
holy… wow. the first picture caught my eye, and i am absolutely making that this weekend. awesome and so yummy looking!
That looks incredibly delicious!
Wow that looks yummy. But a few questions – What are sultanas? What is moscovado sugar?
thanks