Restoring My 19th Century Table & Baking the PERFECT Cake for Afternoon Tea!

[Music] good morning everyone I am so happy to see you again today is Monday and I have a list of domestic chores I want to accomplish today let's see I want to continue to plant seed potatoes in the garden earlier today I picked up some red Norland and some more yukon gold seed potatoes I need to clean and polish a 19th century gate leg table and I should probably practice piano but before we do anything I want to make a reward for all of this work so we are going to make a heaven scented pound cake my oven is preheating to 350° F or 180° C and I have greased and lined a 9x5 in loaf pan going to set this aside and I have my Misan PL all of my ingredients are ready to go so I have one cup or 227 G of softened butter here this is salted butter and we are going to beat the butter at medium to high speed until the butter becomes light and fluffy [Music] next I will beat in one cup or 200 g of regular granulated sugar and I'm going to add the sugar [Music] gradually then one at a time I will beat in four large room temperature eggs [Music] now I need to scrape down the bottom and sides of the bowl and then I will continue beating until this mixture turns light and fluffy now in a separate Bowl I need to whisk together two cups or 200 40 G of regular allpurpose flour plus 1 and 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder and a half teaspoon of regular table salt in another small bowl I need to whisk together a/ cup or 113 gam of milk a tablespoon of Brandy this is optional a tiny splash of rose water oh it smells wonderful and a squirt of lavender extract I also want to add about a teaspoon of pure vanilla extract now I need to alternately beat in the flour mixture and the milk mixture beginning and ending with the flour going to give this one final good mix with a [Music] spatula then we can pour the batter into the prepar prepared [Music] pan and into the oven it goes for 60 to 65 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the cake comes out clean [Music] and while the cake is baking I'm going to clean up my workstation and then you and I can head up to the Garden to continue planting potatoes [Music] in one of last week's videos we planted Yukon Gold potatoes through this area and I know I have one spot over here that was not planted Yukon Gold potatoes are determinant meaning they only produce one layer of potatoes just above the seed potato so you do not have to plant them any deeper than 4 to 6 in I always add a little balanced fertilizer if I can open the bag I always like to give the potatoes a head start by adding a little balanced fertilizer [Music] this is red Norland it's another determinant potato and I love the bright red eyes on the potato yukon gold and red Norland are excellent storage potatoes if stored in a cold dry and well ventilated environment these potatoes can remain fresh and delicious for up to 9 n [Music] months and just like that the potatoes are planted let's head back to the house and start working on that 19th century table so this is the gate leg table we bought this about 20 years ago at auction and I'm going to bring it outside open it up and you can see how it works and then we will clean it up and shine it up actually before we start this project I need to fetch the cake from the [Music] oven our cake is done after 60 minutes I'm going to let it cool on this wire rack and when it's completely cool we can unmold it decorate it and then enjoy it for afternoon tea let's go back to the table so this looks like a very small table but in fact it conceits six [Music] so this is one of those brilliant 19th century designs now the first job is to thoroughly dust the table and I'm just using a microfiber cloth here [Music] next I want to thoroughly rub this tabletop with odorless mineral spirit substitute and a fine grade still wool pad mineral spirits is very useful for cleaning antique wood it dissolves dirt and old wax but it does not harm the existing [Music] finish I'm going to let this table dry for about 15 minutes then we will come back and hit it with something else the mineral spirits have dried so now I'm going to rub the table legs and top with mineral oil mineral oil is a terrific F sealant besides sealing the wood against moisture mineral oil feeds the wood and stops it from drying out also it gives the wood a pleasant Sheen [Music] I think this table came out beautifully I'm going to let the mineral oil dry for about a half hour then I will come back have another look at the table and see if it needs another coat of either mineral oil or paste wax and while the table is drying might as well go inside and try to practice piano feel free to skip over this next section [Music] well I think the table looks great but it still needs more of a shine so I'm going to rub it with paste wax then we will let that dry for about 10 minutes and buff it to a glorious [Music] Sheen let's buff this table to a rich shine [Music] if you want a good arm workout be sure to buff wax on a 19th century table now the table looks great to me here in the sunshine but I want to see what it looks like in The Parlor so let's bring the table indoors and here is the table in its rightful position I think it turned out fantastically well of course all of that buffing I have built up an appetite let's go prepare our cake and tea so we can unmold the cake which again smells just fantastic setting on a rack so we can glaz the cake for the glaze I'm using two cups or about what is that 200 g of confectioner sugar which I will [Music] sift and a splash of cream because I want a white glaze a touch of lemon extract a touch of vanilla extract I'm looking for a smooth pourable consistency this is a good consistency right here now just for fun and because I have it I'm going to add some Luster Dust this is edible glitter this is a gu lavender [Music] color we discussed this Luster Dust in a previous video I can link that video if I find it in the description below [Music] now before the cake dries I want to add some lavender blossoms and some rose petals these are the dried organic lavender blossoms and rose petals that we purchased on Amazon and I vacuum sealed them in jars [Music] while we are waiting for this icing to dry I'm going to rev vacuum seal my jars Brew some tea and then we can enjoy cake and tea in the herb garden [Music] orange spice tea I buy this at Tiara farm please join me in the garden [Music] one of my favorite things to do is to enjoy afternoon tea with you I love this orange spice tea cannot wait to tuck into this cake oh my goodness this pound cake is everything it should be moist and dense and totally delicious I think I could live on this pound cake thank you so much for spending time with me today as we finished planting the potatoes and we restored that 19th century gate leg table my arm is still sore from buffing the wax on the table and of course we made this glorious cake if you enjoyed this video please give it a thumbs up and I can put a couple of my other videos at the end of this one that you can enjoy between now and my next upload until then please treat yourself well and I will see you in the next episode bye friends [Music]