Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, best victorian tea cakes. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook best victorian tea cakes using 18 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Best Victorian Tea Cakes:
Take 3/4 Cup shortening (Crisco Butter Flavor is great!!)
Take 1 Cup sugar
Get 1 large egg
Prepare 1 teaspoon baking powder
Take 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Make ready 1/4 teaspoon salt
Make ready 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
Take 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
Make ready 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
Make ready 2 1/4 C flour
Take 1/2 C buttermilk (will describe how to make your own below, super easy)
Prepare Buttermilk
Take 1/2 cup milk
Take 2 teaspoons white vinegar
Get Optional Glaze
Make ready 3 C confectioners sugar
Take 3 tablespoons (and maybe a touch more) milk..you want a loose but not watery mixture
Get 1 teaspoon lemon extract
Instructions 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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