Tea Cake No. 2
A cake similar to coffee cake, but using tea instead of coffee.
Ingredients
- 1 cupful Very strong tea
- 1 cupful Butter
- 2 cupfuls Sugar
- 3 Eggs
- 1 1/2 pints Flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoonfuls Baking powder
- 1 cupful Stoned raisins, cut in two
- 1/2 cupful Chopped citron
- 10 drops Royal Extract Allspice
- 10 drops Nutmeg
- 1/2 cupful Milk
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Instructions
- 1Rub the butter and sugar to a white cream. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating for 3-4 minutes between each addition.
- 2Sift together flour and baking powder. Add to the butter mixture along with the tea, raisins, citron, milk, and extracts. Mix into a smooth batter.
- 3Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Bake in a paper-lined cake tin for 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
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