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Blood Orange and Rosemary Teacakes

September 20, 2018 by Salma 2 Comments

Blood Orange and Rosemary Teacakes | The Polka Dotter
I had the pleasure of creating these blood orange and rosemary teacakes in collaboration with Williams Sonoma to showcase the Nordic Ware Teacake Plaque Pan – a pan that allows you to create gorgeous bundt-shaped cakes in teeny-tiny bite size versions. These delightful teacakes are equally delicious drizzled with stunning blood orange glaze or simply soaked in rosemary syrup and dusted with icing sugar, and are sure to add a little sophistication to your next afternoon tea. If blood oranges aren’t in season, you can substitute with navel oranges, although if glazing, they’ll be white instead of pink.

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Blood Orange and Rosemary Teacakes

Blood Orange and Rosemary Teacakes | The Polka Dotter

Makes 30 bite-sized teacakes

Ingredients

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Blood Orange and Rosemary Teacakes

  • 125g butter, softened
  • 50g caster sugar
  • 50g brown sugar
  • Zest of 1½ blood oranges
  • ½ sprig fresh rosemary, finely chopped, plus extra to serve
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 large eggs, at room temperature
  • 75g (1/2 cup) flour, sifted
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • 40g almond meal
  • 60ml (1/4 cup) blood orange juice (approx. 1 blood orange)

Rosemary Syrup

  • ¼ cup lemon juice
  • ¼ cup water
  • Zest of ½ blood orange
  • ½ cup caster sugar
  • 1–2 sprigs of fresh rosemary

Blood Orange Glaze

  • 160g (1 cup) icing sugar mixture, sifted
  • 2–3 tbsp blood orange juice (approx. juice of 1/2 blood orange)

Instructions

Blood Orange and Rosemary Teacakes

  1. Preheat oven to 175°C (155°C fan-forced) and set aside a 30-hole teacake pan.
  2. Beat butter, sugar, zest, rosemary and vanilla until pale and creamy, then add eggs one by one, scraping the bowl with a spatula after each addition to ensure well combined.
  3. Gently stir in dry ingredients until combined, taking care not to overmix, then stir in blood orange juice until batter is smooth and just combined.
  4. Grease 30-hole teacake pan well with a cooking spray, oil or melted butter, and gently brush with a pastry brush to ensure all crevices are well greased. Lightly dust pan with sifted flour, then invert pan over the sink and tap gently to remove excess flour.
  5. Divide mixture evenly between cake pan holes, then bake in preheated oven for 15-20 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.
  6. While cakes are in the oven, make rosemary syrup.
  7. Remove cakes from oven and allow to cool for 8-10 minutes, then turn out onto a large plate or tray. Drizzle cakes with syrup, and allow to cool completely before glazing and serving.

Rosemary Syrup

  1. Simmer juice, water, sugar, zest and rosemary in a medium saucepan until ingredients thicken into a syrup.
  2. Remove rosemary and drizzle the warm syrup over the warm cake, allowing the syrup to soak in as the cake cools.

Blood Orange Glaze

  1. Add blood orange juice to icing sugar and mix well until the frosting has a pouring consistency. It should be fluid but thick. If too thick, add a little more icing sugar and if too thin, add a little more juice.

To Serve

  1. Drizzle glaze over each cake and sprinkle with finely chopped fresh rosemary. Alternatively, cakes can simply be served with a light dusting of sifted icing sugar.

 

Enjoy!

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  1. Lynn | The Road to Honey

    September 20, 2018 at 10:07 pm

    Oh my goodness! These are just the cutest, little things. I absolutely love the fun, little shapes. I honestly would not be able to stop popping these little cuties in my mouth.

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    • Salma

      September 25, 2018 at 9:05 pm

      Oh thanks so much Lynn. They are pretty addictive and it’s such a sweet pan, isn’t it? So glad to hear you like this recipe.

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