Easy Tea Cake Recipes 

Since the 1800s, tea cakes have been a part of rich tradition and history. The recipe for these tea cakes can be found in the 1891 book, “The Household Cyclopedia,” by Mrs. C. Ewing Ritchie.
These cakes are traditionally made with butter, flour, sugar, milk, eggs, and vanilla extract. The cakes were often served during the late afternoon or early evening tea. 
The recipes are easy to follow and are all made with ingredients readily available in your kitchen. With the proper tips and tricks, baking is not tricky. So you can try our easy tea cake recipes to bake a cake in less time.
Below is a list of some of our professional bakers’ cake recipes to get better ideas, which you can also try.
Strawberry cake
Chocolate Fudge cake
Let’s start our Tea Cake.
Ingredients
⦁ 1 cup sugar
⦁ ½ cup milk
⦁ 1 tsp vanilla extract
⦁ 2 cups of flour
⦁ 3 eggs
⦁ ¾ cup oil
⦁ 2 tsp baking powder
⦁ ½ chopped nuts (op
⦁ 1 pinch of Baking soda
Procedure:
STEP 1
⦁ Turn the oven’s temperature up to 180 degrees Celsius. Combine the flour and baking powder in a bowl with a wooden spoon.
STEP 2
⦁ Mix the sugar and oil on high speed in a different bowl with an electric mixer until the batter is fluffy and looks light.
STEP 3
⦁ Using an electric mixer, add the eggs one at a time to the sugar-oil mixture and beat well until well combined. Add the vanilla and beat again.
STEP 4
⦁ Use a wooden spoon to gently stir in half of the dry ingredients that were previously set aside.
You can also try my pound cake recipe
STEP 5
⦁ The remaining dry ingredients should now be added to the batter and thoroughly combined until no significant amounts of flour are remaining.
STEP 6
⦁ Take a wooden spoon or silicon spatula and gently fold the nuts into the batter.
Step 7
⦁ Bake at 180C for 35–40 minutes, or until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Pour the batter into an 8-inch cake pan lined with parchment.
Easy, simple, but delicious Tea Cake is now ready to serve.
FAQS:
What are the ingredients for tea cake recipes?
It contains simple cake ingredients like butter, sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder, and baking soda.
What is the difference between a cake and a tea cake?
A cake is baked with traditional steps, and its sponge is light and fluffy, while a tea cake batter consistency is thick, and its sponge is dense and slightly hard but moist too.
How do you make a tea cake?
First, prepare the cake batter, then pour it into a rectangular cake mold to bake a tea cake.