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Prep: Put the butter in a bowl and bring to room temperature.
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Sift the ingredients together.
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Preheat the oven to 180C.
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Cream the butter until smooth.
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Add the sugar in 2 to 3 batches, and mix well until pale and fluffy.
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Beat the eggs well and add to the butter-sugar mixture in 2 to 3 batches, mixing well between additions.
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Next, add the almond flour, then the tea leaves taken out of the tea bags in that order, mixing each addition in well.
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Sift in the dry ingredients in 2 to 3 batches.
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Change to a rubber spatula and fold in.
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Pour the batter into the molds equally.
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Add toppings to taste, and bake in the preheated oven for about 15 minutes.
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The baking time dependings on your oven or the molds, so adjust.
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When the cakes are golden brown, test by sticking a toothpick in one.
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If it comes out clean with no batter, it's done.
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Let the cupcakes cool a bit on a rack, cover with plastic wrap and leave to cool completely.
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[1] This is a simple version made with the basic ingredients listed.
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I used Earl Grey tea.
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[2] For this version I used caramel flavored tea.
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I wanted to give it a milky flavor, so for the ingredients, I used 60 g of cake flour, 20 g of skim milk powder, 20 g cornstarch, and 1/2 of baking powder (for 6 cupcakes).
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I used walnuts, hazelnuts and pistachios as topping.
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This is the version I used for the step by step photos.
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[2] I used apple tea for this version.
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I added raisins to the basic mix, and moistened the cakes with Calvados to finish.
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[4] This is a chamomile tea version (I made 3 cupcakes).
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I used 40 g of unsalted butter and omitted the almond flour.
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4 g of chamomile tea, the grated peel from 1/4 a lemon, and 1 teaspoon of lemon juice were added to the basic ingredients.
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After adding the eggs in Step 3, add the chamomile tea leaves grated lemon peel lemon juice in that order, then proceed to the next step.
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By the way, this is the chamomile tea I used.
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The fragrance is subtle so I used two 2 g tea bags.
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Please the amount of tea and its strength adjust to your taste.
