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Irish Tea Cake

Irish Tea Cake is a traditional Irish recipe for a classic teacake of a butter, sugar, egg, flour and milk batter flavoured with vanilla and leavened with baking soda that's dusted with icing sugar before serving. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Irish version of: Irish Tea Cake.

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

30 minutes

Total Time:

50 minutes

Serves:

6–8

Rating: 4.5 star rating

Tags : Milk RecipesBaking RecipesCake RecipesIrish Recipes


Ingredients:

120g butter, softened
200g caster sugar
2 eggs
1/2 tbsp vanilla extract
220g plain flour
1 (heaped) tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
120ml milk
2 tbsp icing sugar

Method:

Cream together the butter and sugar in a bowl until light and fluffy. Then beat-in the eggs, one at a time. Stir until smooth then add the vanilla. In a separate bowl combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Stir this flour mix into the batter alternately with the milk.

Mix to combine thoroughly (if the batter is too dry add a little more milk). Tip into a greased and floured 22cm cake tin, spread the top flat and place in an oven pre-heated to 180°C (350°F/Gas Mark 4). Bake for about 30 minutes, or until the top has browned and a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake emerges cleanly.

Allow to cool completely in the tin then turn onto a serving plate. Dust with the icing sugar and serve immediately.