Old Fashioned Tea Cakes Recipe
Now you can enjoy these delicious treats anytime with any beverage.
Old fashioned tea cakes recipe. Add sugar and well beaten egg. Stir into the creamed mixture. You can have these wonderful tea cakes ready in about 30 minutes.
My nanny had a gift. This recipe is so easy no mixer required and no chilling dough. Sift flour and baking powder.
Like many of our oldest recipes tea cakes were created out of scarcity both in ingredients and time. She had a sixth sense that allowed her to know when guests were coming up the driveway. Rather than the time consuming yeasted breads.
Like sweet biscuits they are a little like cake a little like cookies. These old fashioned tea cakes are simple cookies that were traditionally served as a sweet compliment to tea. Beat in the eggs one at a time then stir in the vanilla.
Recipe by southern living december 1999. You can add an additional 1 4 to 1 2 cup of sugar to the recipe. In a medium bowl cream together the butter and sugar until smooth.
They are an old fashioned southern favorite. Old fashioned tea cakes. Mar 18 2020 this is an updated version of an old fashioned buttermilk tea cakes.