Recipe: Tea-Apple Compote Cake

Recipe: Tea-Apple Compote Cake
Ingredients:
2 Rooibos earl grey herbal tea bags
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
About 1 tablespoon Turbinado sugar
3 wide strips orange peel
1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise and seeds scraped out
1/4 cup honey (preferably orange blossom)
2 extra large eggs at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup sour cream or plain yogurt
1 cup flour +2 tablespoons corn or potato starch
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 Cinnamon apple spice herbal tea bags
1/2 cup canola oil
Pinch of salt
2 teaspoons orange zest
4 firm large Granny Smith apples, peeled and cut into 12 wedges
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup cognac or brandy