Eat Some More Danish Tea Cake Recipes

EAT-SOME-MORE DANISH TEA CAKE

Steps:

• Set oven at 350°F Cream together butter & confectioner's sugar till mixture is fluffy.
• Beat in eggs 1 at a time. Stir in lemon rind.
• Sift flour w/baking powder. Add flour to batter, alternately w/milk.
• Spread batter in buttered & floured 9-in square baking pan. Arrange apple slices on top of batter in overlapping rows.
• Sprinkle w/almonds. Sprinkle w/sugar in an amt that depends on the sweetness of the apples you have used.
• Bake 50 min or till cake tests done. Serve w/sweetened whipped cream.

IRISH TEA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch round pan.
• In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, mixing until fully incorporated; stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; stir into the batter alternately with the milk. If the batter is too stiff, a tablespoon or two of milk may be added. Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 30 to 35 minutes in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack, then turn out onto a serving plate. Dust with confectioners' sugar right before serving.

CRANBERRY TEA CAKE

Steps:

• Coarsely chop cranberries.
• Combine cranberries with brown sugar, almonds, cinnamon and nutmeg; set to the side.
• Cream butter and sugar.
• Add vanilla, sour cream, and eggs; mix thoroughly.
• Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
• Stir into egg mixture just until moistened.
• Pour 1/2 of batter into greased Bundt pan or 8" round cake pan.
• Spread 1/2 of cranberry mixture over the top.
• Repeat with remaining batter and cranberries.
• Bake 50-60 min at 350.
• Remove from pan and cool on rack.
• Dust with powdered sugar.

LEMON ROSEMARY TEA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Lightly oil a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• Combine the flour,baking powder,salt,lemon zest and rosemary in a medium bowl; stir to blend.
• In a large bowl or electric mixer, beat the oil and sugar until well-blended; add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition until mixture is pale yellow.
• Gradually add the flour mixture to the egg mixture, stirring to blend, also adding the buttermilk gradually until all cake ingredients are well-blended.
• Spread mixture in the prepared pan.
• Bake until bread is golden and sides begin to pull away from the pan, approximately 50-55 minutes.
• To make the glaze: in a medium bowl,stir the confectioner's sugar and lemon juice until smooth; spread on the warm loaf.
• Once the bread is thoroughly cooled, use a knife to loosen the sides of the bread from the pan and turn out.
• Serve in slices.