Best Tender Irish Tea Cake Lemon Glazed Recipes

EASY IRISH TEA CAKE

Steps:

• Soak currants in the tea and add the brown sugar. Leave fruit overnight to soak.
• Next day add the self-raising flour and the SR Flour and the lightly beaten egg.
• Mix well with a wooden spoon and place into a greased and lined small loaf tin. I think these are also referred to as a bar tin.
• Bake in a pre-heated moderate oven for about 1 hour. Turn out and cool.
• Serve sliced and buttered. This loaf keeps very well for at least a week.
• Cooking and prep time does not include overnight soaking of the currants.

MOIST LEMON TEA CAKES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the lemon juice, extracts and lemon zest. Add flour; beat just until moistened., Fill greased miniature muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 325° for 10-15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. , In a small bowl, combine glaze ingredients. Dip tops of cakes into glaze; place on waxed paper to dry.

IRISH TEA CAKE WITH GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Place currants and 1/4 cup of flour in a small bowl and mix well to cover currants. Set aside.
• Grease and dust a 9 inch loaf pan and cut out a piece of parchment paper to fit the bottom, line and set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl on medium speed cream butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy.
• Blend in eggs, then blend in cream cheese.
• Mix or sift together the flour, baking powder and salt.
• Add a small amount of flour into butter mixture and blend well, then a small amount of buttermilk, then flour and repeat until both are well incorporated.
• Stir in the currants and remaining flour, mix well and spoon into prepared loaf pan.
• Bake for 1 hour and 30 minutes or until a toothpick stuck into the middle comes out clean.
• Remove and let stand in the pan for 10 minutes.
• The top will crack.
• Free up sides with a knife and invert onto a cooling rack.
• While still warm but not hot glaze cake and allow glaze to drip down sides.
• Cool to room temp and serve.
• Irish Whiskey laced whipped cream would be a nice touch.
• For the glaze just whisk together the powdered sugar and lemon juice.

LEMON CAKE WITH IRISH BREAKFAST TEA FROSTING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease bottom only of one 8- or 9-inch round cake pan with shortening (do not use cooking spray). Place paper baking cup in each of 12 regular-size muffin cups.
• Make cake batter as directed on box; stir in lemon peel. Fill muffin cups two-thirds full of batter; pour remaining batter into pan.
• Bake round pan 28 to 33 minutes, cupcakes 15 to 20 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, place 1/2 cup water in microwavable 1-cup glass measuring cup. Microwave uncovered on High 1 minute to 1 minute 30 seconds or until hot. Add tea bags; steep 6 to 7 minutes for strong brewed tea. Remove and discard tea bags.
• Meanwhile, in 2-quart saucepan, mix sugar, cream of tartar, brewed tea and salt. Heat to boiling over medium-high heat. Boil 3 to 5 minutes to 242°F on candy thermometer.
• In large bowl, beat egg whites with electric mixer on high speed until foamy and thick (they should mound but not peak). Slowly pour in boiling sugar syrup in a slow stream. Continue to beat on high speed about 7 minutes or until stiff peaks form.
• Cut cake layer in half horizontally to make 2 thin cake layers. Place one layer on serving plate. Spread with about 3/4 cup of the frosting. Top with remaining cake layer; spread with about 3/4 cup of the frosting. Frost cupcakes with remaining frosting. Garnish with lemon slices.

TENDER IRISH TEA CAKE / LEMON GLAZED

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325 degree F. Spray the bottom of a 9 inch bread pan with non stick cooking spray. Set aside.
• 2. Cream the butter, sugar and vanilla together on medium speed with a mixer.
• 3. Add eggs one at a time making sure that each is completely incorporated before adding the next.
• 4. Mix in the cream cheese until well blended.
• 5. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt.
• 6. Take 1/4 cup of the flour mixture and mix in with the raisins to completely coat them.
• 7. Add a small amount of the flour mixture into the batter and alternate with the buttermilk until both are incorporated.
• 8. Mix the raisins into the batter with a spatula.
• 9. Pour the batter into the sprayed bread pan and place into the preheated oven. Bake between 1 hour 10 minutes - 1 hour 30 minutes, depending how fast your oven bakes. Mine was done in 1 hour 10 minutes. Or until, pick comes out clean.
• 10. While the cake is baking, combine the lemon juice with the powdered sugar to make a glaze.
• 11. Remove the cake from the oven and allow it to rest for 10 minutes. Then remove the cake from the pan and transfer it to a wire rack to cool completely.
• 12. When the cake is still warm, glaze the top with the lemon juice glaze and allow it to cool.