Rooibos Spice Seed Cake and Rum Spice Glaze

The seed cake tasted amazing on its own but once we added the rum spice glaze, wow.

This recipe uses the following tea:
Rooibos Spice (visit the tea boutique)

This recipe was Inspired by:   My excellent baking friend, Marie

Rooibos Spice Seed Cake

Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter unsalted
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3 eggs beaten
• 1 2/3 cup spelt flour (or other flour like brown rice or almond)
• 4 tsp rooibos spice (ground in grinder or mortar and pestle)
• 1 tsp baking powder
• approx 2 tablespoon buttermilk (take regular milk and add vinegar and let it sit for a bit) or plain yogurt

1. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar together until soft and fluffy.  Add eggs 1/3 at a time.  Beat well.  In separate medium mixing bowl, sift together flour, rooibos spice tea grinds and baking powder.  Fold gently into butter and sugar mixture.  Gradually add buttermilk a little at a time to make a smooth, even consistency.
2. Pour batter into well-greased 8″ round cake pan.  Bake in pre-heated over at 350 for 50 minutes or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean and cake begins to pull away from the side of the pan.  Cool in pan briefly, then turn out onto rack to cool completely.*If using almond flour it will take longer to cook so add at least 10 minutes to cooking time. Use cake tester.

Rum Spice Glaze

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup tightly packed dark brown sugar
• 4 tbsp unsalted butter
• 3 tbsp whipping cream (35%)
• 1 tbsp rum
• 1 tsp Rooibos Spice loose leaf tea

1. Combine brown sugar, butter, cream in saucepan. When melted add 1 tsp of loose leaf Rooibos Spice tea
2. Bring to boil over medium heat, stir until sugar dissolves.
3. Add rum, stir.
4. Once cake has cooled use tooth pick to put tiny holes in the cake.  Drizzle the glaze over the cake to allow it to drip over the top and sides.
5. Serve!

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