Irish Tea Cake recipe

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Ingredients

½ cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup milk
¼ cup confectioners' sugar for dusting

Nutrition Info

272.7 calories
carbohydrate: 40.6 g
cholesterol: 62.6 mg
fat: 10.7 g
fiber: 0.6 g
protein: 4 g
saturatedFat: 6.3 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 273.1 mg
sugar: 23.7 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch round pan.

  2. In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, mixing until fully incorporated, stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt, stir into the batter alternately with the milk. If the batter is too stiff, a tablespoon or two of milk may be added. Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan.

  3. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack, then turn out onto a serving plate. Dust with confectioners' sugar right before serving.

Recipe Yield

1 9-inch round cake

Recipe Note

This is a simple butter cake that is great with tea or coffee. Easy to make, pretty and very delicious.

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