Irish Tea Cake
This classic Irish cake is flavored with vanilla for a light snack cake or unfussy cake ideal for any time of the year and best served alongside a hot cup of tea.
Servings 10
Calories 357kcal
Ingredients
- 120 grams / 4.23 ounces butter softened
- 200 grams / 1 cup superfine/caster sugar
- 110 grams / 2 large eggs room temperature
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 282 grams / 1 ¾ cups plain flour
- 8 grams / 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 130 grams / ½ cup milk
To serve
- Powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F and line the base of a baking tin with parchment paper.
- Place the butter and sugar into a bowl and beat until pale and fluffy, approximately 3 minutes.
- Add in one egg and whip until combined.
- Repeat with the remaining egg.
- Add in the vanilla extract and whip to combine.
- In a separate bowl, toss the flour, baking powder and salt and stir together.
- Add ¼ of the flour mixture into the butter egg mixture and combine on low speed until no portions remain on the edge of your bowl.
- Pour in ¼ of the milk and combine on low until just incorporated.
- Repeat by adding in the flour and milk in portions and mixing on low speed until your batter has been formed.
- Spoon the cake batter into your cake pan and spread out evenly.
- Bake in the oven until the exterior is golden brown and a cake tester comes out clean from the center of the cake, approximately 35 minutes.
- Remove and allow to cool in the cake tin for 5 minutes before removing and setting onto a cooling rack to cool completely.
- Sprinkle over powdered sugar.
- Slice, serve and dig in.
- Enjoy!
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Notes
- Vanilla extract: Pure vanilla extract helps give our cake it's signature and depth of flavor here. You could also add fresh vanilla bean seeds into the batter to really enhance the flavor.
- Cake tin: The round pan used here was a 20cm or 8 inches springform pan. It is not recommended to use a cake tin larger than 23cm's or 9 inches as the result would be cake with less height.
- Make this your own: You can incorporate dried fruit like raisins or currants, or even add a sprinkle ground spices like cinnamon or nutmeg.
- You can freeze the cake: Once it has completely cooled, wrap it tightly in aluminum foil, then place in a freezer-safe container or bag. It can be stored in the freezer for up to 2-3 months. Thaw it overnight in the refrigerator before serving.
Nutrition
Calories: 357kcal