![]() To make the cake, heat the milk with the teabag in a small saucepan until boiling. Grease and line the bases of two 20cm (8 inch) loose bottomed cake tins. Tessa's recipe also includes a salted caramel drizzle over the top but I decided to keep it simple and wanted it less indulgently sweet by decorating with some pretty summer flowers from the garden and a sprinkle of white chocolate chips.įor the earl grey Swiss meringue buttercream: (Adapted from Layered )ġ0g loose leaf earl grey tea, equivalent of about 4 teabags emptied ![]() Seriously though, it's so worth it, a gorgeously fluffy buttercream (less sweet than standard buttercream) that is stable enough for big layer cakes, but is rich, smooth and the addition of earl grey is subtle'y smokey that complements the chocolate well. That said, every time I make it, it does work, so do have the confidence to give it a go, even if this recipe seems scary with a lot of steps! I would recommend you only make this buttercream if you're equipped with a sugar thermometer and some sort of electric whisk! You can NOT make it without either of these things, you will have a dead arm if you attempt whisking it by hand, even using my electric hand mixer was tiring enough holding it for at least 15 mins. I do get a bit nervous making Swiss meringue buttercream because it can have more areas for things to go wrong. I just knew that I had to use my own chocolate cake recipe for this because I seem to have one of those fail safes which I always come back to time and time again, it really is just a great chocolate cake recipe, it never dissapoints at any cake occasion (and if you'd like to look back at this said original recipe, you can click here for my Milk Chocolate Birthday Cake post.) When you've had this cake, trust me, you can't see the point in trying out anything different from what you know so I just adapted that recipe by flavoring the milk with earl grey tea to keep it true to a London Fog theme. I decided to opt for chocolate because everyone loves a chocolate cake and I was intrigued to see how the more dominating flavor would match up to the earl grey. Tessa's recipe involved a chocolate cake, whereas a few other recipes I found used a vanilla cake - both obviously with a hint of earl grey in there too. Her beautiful cake recipe seems pinnacle in (probably) creating one of the first London Fog cakes going. Pink Drink – a Strawberry Acai Refresher made with coconut milk instead of water and 140 calories for a grande.I've always wanted to make a London Fog cake and when I started having a look around for recipe inspiration the one name that countless bloggers kept referring back to was Tessa Huff and her book - Layered. ![]() Brown sugar oatmilk shaken espresso – combines blonde espresso, brown sugar syrup, cinnamon power, oatmilk and ice and is only 120 calories for a grande.Iced Passion Tango Tea Lemonade – a trenta is only 90 calories and this drink has the flavor of apple, citrus and hibiscus combined with the lemonade.Espresso Frappuccino with almondmilk – the regular Frappuccino has 140 calories for a tall, but using almondmilk shaves a few off of the count.Toasted vanilla oatmilk shaken espresso - made with blonde espresso, oatmilk and toasted vanilla syrup at 100 calories for a tall or 140 for a grande.Iced Green Tea Lemonade – refreshing, low-calorie drink with only 90 calories in a 30-ounce trenta.Iced skinny London Fog with sugar-free vanilla – made with 2% milk, vanilla syrup and Earl Grey tea and is 100 calories.Mango Dragonfruit Refresher – made with sugar and grape juice concentrate and is only 70 calories for a large and 130 for a venti.Honey almondmilk flat white – blonde espresso with honey and almondmilk and 120 calories for a tall.Strawberry Acai Refresher – a sweet drink that only has 130 calories in a 24-ounce venti size.Iced black tea lemonade – offered in a trenta, or 30-ounce size with only 90 calories.Chai tea – brewed tea with no calories at all, but you may need to add a pump of vanilla for flavor and sweetness.Vanilla sweet cream cold nitro brew – only 70 calories for a tall or grande.Iced matcha latte with almondmilk – 140 calories for the tall drink but using an alternative to 2% milk can cut the calories.Espresso con panna – an espresso shot with a dollop of whipped cream, but use a no-calorie sweetener if the taste is too bitter but only 40 calories.Caffe´misto – equal parts drip coffee and steamed milk with 80 calories for a tall.TastingTable has come up with a list of 16 of their favorites that check in at less than 150 calories. ![]() Starbucks is known for creamy, calorie-laden drinks but they also have plenty of choices for those who want to enjoy a lighter beverage.
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