Bready or Not Original: Glazed Earl Grey Maple Gingerbread Sheet Cake
Earl Grey tea and maple form a superhero duo in this lovely sheet cake topped with a thin glaze with (you guessed it) more maple flavor. This cake bakes up high and soft, so make this to feed a crowd!
Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Keyword: cake, gingerbread, maple, sour cream
Author: Beth Cato
Ingredients
Cake:
2eggs
2cupspure maple syrup
2cupssour cream16 ounce container
1teaspoonvanilla extract
1/2cupunsalted butter1 cube, melted
4 2/3cupsall-purpose flour
3packetsEarl Grey teaa heaping Tablespoon
2teaspoonsground ginger
2teaspoonsbaking soda
1teaspoonsalt
Glaze:
2Tablespoonsunsalted buttermelted
2cupsconfectioners' sugar
3/4teaspoonmaple flavor
2Tablespoons+ milkalmond milk works
Instructions
Preheat oven at 350-degrees. Line a 13x9 pan with aluminum foil and apply nonstick spray or butter.
In a medium bowl, stir together the eggs, maple syrup, sour cream, vanilla, and butter. Set aside.
In a large bowl, mix together the flour, Earl Grey tea, ginger, baking soda, and salt. Gradually stir in the egg mixture. Spread batter in the ready pan.
Bake 45 to 50 minutes, until the middle passes the toothpick test. Cake will have risen a great deal. Cool in pan on wire rack for a few hours.
Once the cake is room temperature, prepare the glaze. In a medium bowl, melt butter in microwave. Add confectioners' sugar, maple flavor, and two tablespoons milk. Stir until mixed and of spreadable thickness, adding more milk as necessary to loosen it or sugar to thicken.
Spread glaze atop cake. To slice, lift up by foil and set on cutting board. Store slices in sealed container(s) at room temperature; keeps well for at least 2 days.