Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, best victorian tea cakes. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Best Victorian Tea Cakes is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Best Victorian Tea Cakes is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
Cream together the shortening and sugar until smooth, beat in the egg. So much work and detail in this cake. There's wedding cakes, then there's WEDDING cakes.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have best victorian tea cakes using 18 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Best Victorian Tea Cakes:
- Take 3/4 Cup shortening (Crisco Butter Flavor is great!!)
- Make ready 1 Cup sugar
- Get 1 large egg
- Make ready 1 teaspoon baking powder
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- Take 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Prepare 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- Take 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
- Prepare 2 1/4 C flour
- Make ready 1/2 C buttermilk (will describe how to make your own below, super easy)
- Take Buttermilk
- Prepare 1/2 cup milk
- Prepare 2 teaspoons white vinegar
- Prepare Optional Glaze
- Take 3 C confectioners sugar
- Take 3 tablespoons (and maybe a touch more) milk..you want a loose but not watery mixture
- Take 1 teaspoon lemon extract
In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt and nutmeg; stir into the creamed mixture. Tips On Making The Best Old Fashioned Tea Cakes.
Instructions to make Best Victorian Tea Cakes:
- Buttermilk: For this recipe, use 1/2 C of either 2% or whole milk and add 2 teaspoons of white vinegar..stir well and let sit for 5 minutes
- Cream together the shortening and sugar until smooth, beat in the egg
- At this point it's better to add the spices so they mix well…so add the baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, vanilla and lemon extract and mix well
- Now add half the buttermilk, mix in, then add the remaining buttermilk
- Now mix in the flour 1 cup at a time for a smooth dough…the dough will be light and fluffy
- Using the scoop, place the cakes 2 inches apart on the cookie sheet (dough will spread)
- Bake for 10-12 minutes
- Remove from oven and cool for 3 minutes on the cookie sheet before removing to a rack or plate to cool completely
- Let the cakes cool to touch before glazing -also glazing is optional, these are great without the glaze too!
- Enjoy! ❤️❤️
If your dough is too sticky to handle then roll it in between parchment paper. I've never had to add any extra flour to this recipe. Adding extra flour for rolling can result in a drier, cracked tea cake and we want a smooth, pretty, tender, fluffy, picture-perfect tea. S. tea cakes can be cookies or small cakes. And in Sweden it is a sweetened wheat soda bread served with butter, jam and often cheese.
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