Cake & Cookie Recipes > Tea Cakes

How to make tea cakes:
The term tea cake refers to any sort of cake or scone traditionally eaten at tea time. Some of these cakes contain yeast whereas others like the one below are just a scone mix. Recipes for tea cakes vary from region to region. If you are looking a toasted tea cake recipe try this one - Traditional Yeast Tea Cakes





Ingredients

Tea Cakes
5 cups self raising flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons dripping or butter
3 tablespoons caster/superfine sugar
3 tablespoons sultanas
1 egg
1/4 pint water
1/4 pint milk
(see measure conversions for more information)

Method

- Sieve the flour and salt into a large basin and rub in the fat until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
- Stir in the sugar and fruit.
- Combine the milk and water and mix in the egg.
- Add to the dry ingredients.
- A soft dough should be achieved.
- Divide into eight.
- Form into flat cakes.
- Place on a greased tray and bake at 150 degrees Centigrade (see temperature conversions) for 30 minutes.