WHITE GINGERBREAD TEA CAKE
A very pretty, light, moist tea cake. IF you use the tube or bundt pan, you can use the center as a flower vase by picking fall flowers, wrapping them in a wet towel and place in the center of the cake. I think this recipe originally came from an old Inn cookbook.
Provided by bayou-mimi
Categories Quick Breads
Time 50m
Yield 1 tea cake
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Mix together flour, sugar and butter until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal.
- Add 1/2 of the tsp of the cinnamon, blend.
- Set aside 1 cup of mixture.
- To the rest of the mix add, ginger, mace, salt, soda and baking powder and remaining cinnamon; stir.
- Add egg and buttermilk, beating till smooth.
- Pour batter into a greased and floured 10 inch tube pan.
- Sprinkle reserved crumb mix evenly over top.
- Bake 40 minutes, or until tester inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 2634.6, Fat 101, SaturatedFat 61, Cholesterol 460.4, Sodium 1609.9, Carbohydrate 400.5, Fiber 8.3, Sugar 206.9, Protein 37.4
GINGERBREAD TEA CAKE
Great for a ladies' brunch or luncheon or just a breakfast/dessert! Sprinkle with edible flowers! (For a broader gender audience, add a cinnammon stick, pecans, chunks of gingerbread snaps for garnish instead. Can be iced with cream cheese or pecan flavoured icing...see some of my icing recipes! Allow about an hour for cooling time.
Provided by GoldsmithLissa
Categories Breakfast
Time 1h
Yield 35 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Allow butter and eggs to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, grease a 13x9x2-inch baking pan; set aside. In a medium bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and cloves; set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add sugar; beat until well combined. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add molasses; beat until well combined. Alternately add flour mixture and water to butter mixture; beating on low speed after each addition just until combined. Pour into prepared pan.
- Bake in a 350 degree F oven for 40 to 50 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool for 30 minutes in pan on a wire rack. Serve warm sprinkled with powdered sugar and garnished with edible flowers, if you like.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 97.2, Fat 3, SaturatedFat 1.8, Cholesterol 19.1, Sodium 76.8, Carbohydrate 16.6, Fiber 0.2, Sugar 8.2, Protein 1.2
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