Best Victorian Tea Cakes
Best Victorian Tea Cakes

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, best victorian tea cakes. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Best Victorian Tea Cakes is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Best Victorian Tea Cakes is something which I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have best victorian tea cakes using 18 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Best Victorian Tea Cakes:
  1. Make ready 3/4 Cup shortening (Crisco Butter Flavor is great!!)
  2. Make ready 1 Cup sugar
  3. Make ready 1 large egg
  4. Get 1 teaspoon baking powder
  5. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  6. Prepare 1/4 teaspoon salt
  7. Prepare 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  8. Take 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
  9. Get 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
  10. Take 2 1/4 C flour
  11. Make ready 1/2 C buttermilk (will describe how to make your own below, super easy)
  12. Take Buttermilk
  13. Take 1/2 cup milk
  14. Get 2 teaspoons white vinegar
  15. Get Optional Glaze
  16. Make ready 3 C confectioners sugar
  17. Take 3 tablespoons (and maybe a touch more) milk..you want a loose but not watery mixture
  18. Prepare 1 teaspoon lemon extract
Steps to make Best Victorian Tea Cakes:
  1. 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
  2. Cream together the shortening and sugar until smooth, beat in the egg
  3. 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
  4. Now add half the buttermilk, mix in, then add the remaining buttermilk
  5. Now mix in the flour 1 cup at a time for a smooth dough…the dough will be light and fluffy
  6. Using the scoop, place the cakes 2 inches apart on the cookie sheet (dough will spread)
  7. Bake for 10-12 minutes
  8. Remove from oven and cool for 3 minutes on the cookie sheet before removing to a rack or plate to cool completely
  9. Let the cakes cool to touch before glazing -also glazing is optional, these are great without the glaze too!
  10. Enjoy! ❤️❤️

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