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Irish Tea Cake
Irish Tea Cake, a scrumptious vanilla sponge cake that is buttery, but light and fluffy, and dusted with icing sugar for sweet touch. It's incredibly easy to make with just a handful of easy-to-find ingredients, and it can be served throughout the year, and particularly on St Patrick's Day.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Cooling Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 45 mins
Servings: 8 slices
Calories: 325 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
Irish
Ingredients
- 200 g self-raising flour
- 120 g butter, soften
- 200 g granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 125 ml milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon icing sugar ( for dusting the cake)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius (350 Fahrenheit).
- Add the butter and granulated sugar to a large mixing bowl and use a hand mixer to cream them together.
- Add the eggs one by one beating well after every addition.
- Sift in the flour, add the milk and vanilla extract, and use a spatula to mix everything together until you get a smooth batter.
- Grease and flour a 23 cm/ 9 inch round cake tin and spread the batter evenly.
- Bake for 25 - 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Remove the cake from the oven and leave it to cool completely.
- Dust with icing sugar.
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Notes
- As with any other sponge that requires creaming the butter and sugar together, it is crucial to have the butter soften, but not melted. A cold butter will be very hard to beat and will change the consistency of the sponge.
- Measure the ingredients well, as the amounts used with make the difference between a well risen sponge and a though dense one. Also, preheating the oven helps get a good rise quickly, so make sure to turn the oven on at least 15 minutes before the cake goes in.
Nutrition Information
Calories
325kcal
(16%)
Carbohydrates
45g
(15%)
Protein
5g
(10%)
Fat
14g
(22%)
Saturated Fat
8g
(40%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
4g
Trans Fat
0.5g
Cholesterol
75mg
(25%)
Sodium
119mg
(5%)
Potassium
69mg
(2%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
27g
(54%)
Vitamin A
461IU
(9%)
Calcium
34mg
(3%)
Iron
0.4mg
(2%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8slices
Amount Per Serving
Calories 325
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 325kcal | 16% |
| Carbohydrates | 45g | 15% |
| Protein | 5g | 10% |
| Fat | 14g | 22% |
| Saturated Fat | 8g | 40% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Trans Fat | 0.5g | 25% |
| Cholesterol | 75mg | 25% |
| Sodium | 119mg | 5% |
| Potassium | 69mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 27g | 54% |
| Vitamin A | 461IU | 9% |
| Calcium | 34mg | 3% |
| Iron | 0.4mg | 2% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.