3 Cake recipes you can whip up for your tea party
Planning to do an elaborate tea party? Read on, this one’s for you.
Of course you can get different flavours of tea, scones, sandwiches, quiches and it’s a given that there will be Victoria’s Sponge Cake. The silky vanilla sponge, cream and jam sandwiched in between, this is a recipe for happiness.
Easy to put together, this is an all time favourite for tea parties. However, there are these other cakes too, that are equally delicious and one can make them super quick.
Winter or summer, these tea cakes are always available in the market. But the fun lies in making them and eating them when they are fresh out of the oven.
Lemon Tea Cake –The quintessential feature at any tea party, lemon tea cake is a delicious, sweet, tangy and feather like light sponge cake. Serve it with clotted cream or whipped cream along with berries and you can enjoy your afternoon tea party a tad bit more.
You can make a Lemon Pound Cake and garnish it with lemon curd or meringue. This is easy to make and it’s also quite fancy at the same time.
Almond Walnut
Almond Walnut – A perfect rich sponge, almond and walnut cake can be the feature for lavish tea parties. The moist sponge can be made out of almond meal, butter and sugar. Add the chunks of walnuts and give this rich sponge some crunchiness. You can serve this with golden syrup or even with orange marmalade.
This will be a sure winner at your tea party.
Carrot cake
Carrot cake – The moist dense texture of the cake is the ultimate condiment for a tea party. The batter made of eggs, sugar, butter and flour is mixed well with grated carrot, which softens up while cooking. Nuts like walnuts, pine nuts and raisins are used to make this cake more flavoursome. The simple flavours of cinnamon powder, nutmeg and ginger powder can also be used here, if you opt to make it with spices.
Serve with it cream cheese and tiny carrots made out of marzipan. It’s simply the best recipe for any tea party.
Now if you’re planning to host a teacake party, make one of these delicious cakes. And if you’re not in the mood to work hard, here is an extremely simple recipe for Lemon Pound Cake that you can attempt at home. It yields superb results.
Lemon tea cake – Recipe
Butter 100 grams
Sugar 100 grams
Eggs 2
Flour 100 grams
Lemon extract 2 drops
Lemon zest I Tbsp
Yellow colour (optional) 4 drops
Baking powder ¼ Tsp
Method:
– In a bowl, beat butter and sugar well enough that it doesn’t have lumps.
– Add the eggs in the mixture, one at a time until they are mixed properly with the butter and sugar.
– Add the lemon extract into the wet ingredients.
– Sift the flour and baking powder together.
– Add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Mix all the ingredients well. Add lemon zest and mix it in the batter. Do not overbeat.
– Grease the pan, put the batter into the pan and bake it at 140 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes.
Once the cake is ready, keep it to cool. Serve it with fresh blueberries or cream cheese, whipped cream or even simple sugar and lemon juice fondant.
Have a delicious and fun tea party.
By Neeru Singh, Buzz Bureau
