Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, best victorian tea cakes. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook best victorian tea cakes using 18 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Best Victorian Tea Cakes:
- Make ready 3/4 Cup shortening (Crisco Butter Flavor is great!!)
- Get 1 Cup sugar
- Take 1 large egg
- Make ready 1 teaspoon baking powder
- Get 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- Take 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Prepare 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- Get 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
- Get 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
- Get 2 1/4 C flour
- Take 1/2 C buttermilk (will describe how to make your own below, super easy)
- Prepare Buttermilk
- Prepare 1/2 cup milk
- Get 2 teaspoons white vinegar
- Take Optional Glaze
- Prepare 3 C confectioners sugar
- Make ready 3 tablespoons (and maybe a touch more) milk..you want a loose but not watery mixture
- Get 1 teaspoon lemon extract
Steps to make Best Victorian Tea Cakes:
- Buttermilk: For this recipe, use 1/2 C of either 2% or whole milk and add 2 teaspoons of white vinegar..stir well and let sit for 5 minutes
- Cream together the shortening and sugar until smooth, beat in the egg
- At this point it's better to add the spices so they mix well…so add the baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, vanilla and lemon extract and mix well
- Now add half the buttermilk, mix in, then add the remaining buttermilk
- Now mix in the flour 1 cup at a time for a smooth dough…the dough will be light and fluffy
- Using the scoop, place the cakes 2 inches apart on the cookie sheet (dough will spread)
- Bake for 10-12 minutes
- Remove from oven and cool for 3 minutes on the cookie sheet before removing to a rack or plate to cool completely
- Let the cakes cool to touch before glazing -also glazing is optional, these are great without the glaze too!
- Enjoy! ❤️❤️
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