Black Tea Cupcakes with Lemon Icing

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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    1hr 10mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    24
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    522

These tasty cakes take a little longer to make but are still easy. We've made a tea syrup to boost the flavour, but feel free to leave it out. If you have a piping bag, you could pipe on the icing.

recipe updated 13 May 2025

Ingredients

  • Unsalted butter icon
    Unsalted butter
    650 g
  • Whole milk icon
    Whole milk
    400 g
  • Tea bag icon
    Tea bag
    12
  • Caster sugar icon
    Caster sugar
    450 g
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    4
  • Vanilla extract icon
    Vanilla extract
    2 teaspoons
  • Plain flour icon
    Plain flour
    490 g
  • Baking powder icon
    Baking powder
    3 teaspoons
  • Water icon
    Water
    150 g
  • Icing sugar icon
    Icing sugar
    800 g
  • Lemon curd icon
    Lemon curd
    200 g

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Prospero
  • kCook icon Saucepan
  • kCook icon Small bowl
  • kCook icon Cupcake pan - 12 cup
  • kCook icon Jug

Step preview

  1. Preheat the oven - 170ºC
  2. Line the cupcake tins with paper cases
  3. Add the ingredients into a saucepan
  4. Heat until almost boiling – medium-heat
  5. Let cool and then strain into a jug
  6. Fit the K-Beater
  7. Add the ingredients into the appliance bowl, and then add the milk mixture
  8. Mix and then scrape the bowl - 1 minute, speed Min
  9. Mix – 2 minutes, speed 3
  10. Spoon the mixture into the paper cases until about ¾ full
  11. Bake – 50 minutes, 170ºC
  12. Now, make the syrup
  13. Add the ingredients into a saucepan
  14. Heat, stirring frequently, until dissolved – medium-high heat
  15. Strain the syrup into a small bowl
  16. Brush the syrup over the warm cupcakes and let cool
  17. Now, make the icing
  18. Clean the appliance bowl and fit the Whisk Tool
  19. Add the ingredients into the appliance bowl
  20. Whisk and then scrape the bowl – 1 minute, speed Min
  21. Whisk – 4 minutes, speed 4
  22. Swirl the following ingredient into the mixture
  23. Spoon the icing onto each cupcake and smooth
  24. Serve
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