Make yourself a cuppa and take a piece of Tea Cake. Nothing better than your favourite cup of tea accompanied by a generous slice of tea cake. There are many recipes for tea cakes, you may have a favourite one that has been passed down through your family. It is an old custom - taking tea with tea cake. I rather like the ones that are buttery, and quite plain. No fruite or nuts to mask the flavour of my tea but I also know that you can easily match your tea cake to your tea variety.
A teacake or tea cake is a kind of bread or cake. The name is commonly used for whatever bread or cake is traditionally served for afternoon tea within a region, but can be applied loosely to any kind of cake that is sturdy enough to be picked up with the fingers. Teacake is normally not frosted.
Regional variations
Northern Ireland
In Northern Ireland, a teacake is a soft, chocolate-coated marshmallow on a biscuit base.
Great Britain
In Great Britain, a teacake is usually a light, sweet, yeast-based bun containing dried fruits such as currants, sultanas or peel. It is typically split, toasted, buttered, and served with tea. It is flat and circular, with a smooth brown upper surface and a somewhat lighter underside. In certain areas of Barnsley, West Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cumbria, teacake recipes omit currants and sultanas. In Kent the tea cake is known as a "huffkin", which is often flavoured with hops, especially at the time of harvesting hops in September. In Sussex a luxurious version of the tea cake with added aromatics such as nutmeg, cinnamon and rose water is still sometimes made and called a manchet or Lady Arundel's Manchet. In West Cumbria, some East Lancashire towns and parts of nearby West Yorkshire, a teacake is the name given to a plain bread roll. In this area, the normal "teacake" is referred to as a currant or fruited teacake.
Europe
In Sweden, the word for teacake (tekaka) refers to wheat soda bread, resembling a farl and served warm with butter and jam.
North America
In south eastern United States, a tea cake is a traditional cookie, similar to a mom pie dumpling.
Oceania
In Australia, a teacake is a larger sweet cake. It is served sliced as an accompaniment to tea. Australian teacakes are sometimes sprinkled with fine (caster) sugar, and are often served warm. In some parts of Australia, the term "tea cake" is used to refer to as Boston Buns.
GRANNY'S OLD - FASHIONED TEA CAKES
1 1/2 c. plain flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 c. sugar
1/4 c. butter
1 egg
3 tbsp. milk
1/2 tsp. vanilla flavoring
Cream butter; add sugar and well beaten egg. Add salt and flavoring. Sift flour and baking powder. Add slowly to mixture, alternating with milk until mixed. Roll 1/8 inch thick and cut with biscuit cutter. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 15 minutes.
LEMON TEA CAKES
Makes 28
Note: when I make my icing I like substituting the milk and the lemon extract for all real lemon juice and freshly grated lemon zest.1-1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
250g cream cheese, softened 2-1/4 cups caster sugar
5 eggs
3 tablespoons lemon juice
2 teaspoons lemon extract
1-1/2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
2-1/2 cups flour
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
Glaze:
2-1/2 cups pure icing sugar (not icing mixture!)
1/3 cup milk
1-3/4 teaspoons lemon extract
Heat oven to 160 degrees C. Coat three 12-cup small muffin pans (not mini-muffin size, just patty cake is fine) with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
With mixer on medium speed, beat butter, cream cheese and sugar in bowl until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Mix in lemon juice, extract and lemon peel. On low speed, beat in flour, baking powder and salt. Fill each muffin cup with about 1/3 cup of batter for a total of 28. Bake at 160 degrees C for 23 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Glaze: In medium-size bowl, blend icing sugar, milk and lemon extract until smooth. Dip top of each cake in glaze; place on baking paper or cake rack to dry.
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