A recipe for English Tea Cake. Follow the simple recipe instructions for English Tea Cake shared by other home cooking experts.
Ingredients
1 c. Butter, softened1 c. Sugar
2 Eggs
2 Scant c. flour
1/2 Tsp. Baking powder
1/4 Tsp. Salt
1 Tsp. Vanilla
1 Tbs. Cherry juice
12 Maraschino cherries
1/2 c. White raisins or currants (served at English High Tea)
Directions
Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Grease and flour a small tube pan. Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, beating thoroughly. Sift flour, baking powder and salt together. Gradually add to butter mixture. Add vanilla and cherry juice. Fold in cherries and raisins. Bake 1 1/4 hours.
