Quick tea cake made from tea leaves with jam

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make tea cake from tea leaves with jam? To begin, prepare the necessary ingredients according to the list. Take premium flour. You can replace some of the wheat flour with whole grain flour if desired. Adjust the amount of sugar to your taste; you can use less if your jam is already very sweet.

2. STEP 2

   

   Pour 200 ml of boiling water over a black tea bag. The brew should be quite strong. Then squeeze out the bag and throw it away.

3. STEP 3

   

   Pour sugar into a bowl. Add the egg and beat everything with a mixer until fluffy. At this stage it is better to use a mixer, since the fluffiness of the pie depends on properly beaten eggs.

4. STEP 4

   

   Next, while constantly stirring, pour in the hot tea leaves in a thin stream so that the egg does not curdle. You can stir with a whisk or mixer at low speed. When using a mixer, a fluffy airy foam will appear on the surface.

5. STEP 5

   

   Pour in the vegetable oil and stir. Then add the jam and stir everything until smooth.

6. STEP 6

   

   Add the sifted flour in parts, stirring the dough until smooth. Keep in mind that you may need more or less flour. The exact amount depends on the size of the egg, the thickness of the jam and the quality of the flour itself.

7. STEP 7

   

   Finally, add baking soda to the dough and mix well. You can also sift the soda directly with the flour. Depending on the jam you choose and its acidity, you can replace the soda with baking powder. If the jam is clearly sour, for example from currants, cherries, oranges, then you can add soda, and when using sweet jam, such as apricot, you can replace the soda with baking powder.

8. STEP 8

   

   You should get a homogeneous semi-thick flowing dough, like charlotte. And a few words about jam. I baked two types of this pie. One with cherry jam, the second with apricot jam. Both are store-bought. After adding soda, the dough with cherry acquired this gray tint (see step 9), while with apricot it retained a beautiful yellow color (see step 8).

9. STEP 9

   

   Due to the high acid content, cherry and currant jam can change the color of the dough to gray. At the same time, in the oven, the outside and closer to the edges of this dough again changes color to golden, but inside in the center remains grayish. It is worth noting that such transformations do not affect the taste and texture of the pie. Therefore, decide for yourself which jam is best to add. I liked both pies, although the cherry color was, to put it mildly, unusual.

10. STEP 10

    

    Pour the dough into the baking dish. Any heat-resistant form (18-20 cm) will do. If you are using a silicone mold, you do not need to coat it with oil. But it is better to grease metal, ceramic or glass dishes with butter so that the baked goods do not burn. Place the pie in an oven preheated to 180°C and bake for 30-40 minutes until dry. If the top is browned but the inside of the pie is not ready, cover the pan with foil.

11. STEP 11

    

    Cool the finished pie on a wire rack, sprinkle with powdered sugar if desired and serve. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Natalia M

16.12.2023

4.5

I like jam pies. I usually use blackcurrant jam for this, it turns out beautifully and the berries are delicious. For the pie according to this recipe, I took a tea bag from a new package, and when brewed it turned out to be a deep pink color. Apparently I didn’t buy black tea, but hibiscus. Well, there’s nothing to do, baked from pink. I used raspberry jam to match the tea. I reduced the amount of sugar, then I realized that this could not have been done. The dough kneaded quickly. I was afraid to use hot tea, but nothing bad happened, the egg did not curdle. I baked for about forty minutes, checking the readiness with a wooden stick. The cake rose well, became fluffy, porous, and a little moist from the jam. Very reminiscent of a kefir cake. The dough turned out dark pink. The pie is delicious and perfect for a family tea party.

Anahit

16.12.2023

4.7

Vera and I make this kind of pie in winter, only I call it gingerbread and add honey, not jam. And it really helps out when there are not enough products at home. Well, there are never any problems with jam. So, with the help of your recipe (and honey is not always available), even in times of shortage, you can have baked goods at home.

Julia

16.12.2023

5

The recipe is very simple. Indispensable when you need to quickly prepare something for tea, without having special products at home. And I call this pie a gingerbread.

Ira

16.12.2023

4.7

A very interesting option for making a pie with tea leaves! Never seen it before! Very original. Thank you very much for the recipe!

Yulyasha:))

16.12.2023

4.5

Mmm....How delicious it looks! I generally love baking, but I can’t stand at the stove for a long time. I really liked this recipe. Thank you so much

Claudia

16.12.2023

5

Thank you for reminding me of a recipe that has been written down in my notebook for many years called “Bankrupt.” I used to bake it often.

Catherine

16.12.2023

4.5

Because of your tea cake, my husband almost kicked me out of the house. I followed the recipe and it baked just right. my husband said it looked like black bread and I shouldn’t bake it again