Best Cherry Vanilla Tea Cake With Vanilla Sugar Recipes

IRISH CHERRY TEA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350° F. Prepare an 8-inch round baking pan with a removable bottom, by lining thebottom with a circle of parchment paper. Use butter to keep the paper in place. Grease the sides of the pan and the top of the parchment paper.
• Sift half of the cake flour with the salt and into a mixing bowl. Add the cherry halves (except those reserved to decorate the top of the cake.) Toss the cherries to coat them in flour.
• Siftthe remaining flour into another bowl with the baking powder.
• Add the butter and sugar to the bowl of an electric mixer. Beat until soft and fluffy.
• Add one egg with about two tablespoons of the sifted flour and baking powder to the creamed butter mixture, Combine well together. Repeat with the other two eggs.
• Add the remainder of the flour and baking powder, milk, and vanilla essence. Mix on low speed.
• Add the flour coated cherries and the remainder of the flour to the mixture. Gently blend with a large spoon.
• Transfer the batter into the prepared baking tin. Level the top and use the back of a spoon to place a small hollow in the center of the cake to prevent it from rising too high during baking.
• Decorate the top of the cake with the un-floured cherry halves. Sprinkle with demerara sugar. Bake for about 90 minutes until a knife or toothpick comes out clean. If the cake starts to brown too quickly, make an aluminum foil tent to cover the cake.
• Remove from the oven and allow to cool in the pan for about 20 minutes. Turn the cake out onto a baking rack and cool completely. Remove the parchment paper from the base before serving. Cut into triangular slices to serve.

CHERRY TEA CAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, beat powdered sugar, butter, cherry liquid, almond extract and food color with electric mixer on medium speed until blended. On low speed, beat in flour and salt. Stir in cherries.
• Shape dough into 1-inch balls. On ungreased cookie sheets, place balls 2 inches apart.
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool 20 to 30 minutes.
• In 1-quart resealable freezer plastic bag, place baking chips; seal bag. Microwave on High 35 to 50 seconds, squeezing chips in bag every 15 seconds, until chips are melted and smooth. Cut small tip from bottom corner of bag; drizzle melted chips over cookies.

VANILLA TEA CAKE

Steps:

• Grease and flour a 10-by-5-by-3-inch loaf pan. Line bottom with parchment paper. With rack in center, heat oven to 325 degrees. Place a baking sheet on the rack to heat. Sift together flour, salt, and baking powder.
• In an electric mixer with paddle attachment, beat butter on medium speed until light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Gradually add sugar; beat until creamy. Beat in eggs one at a time. Add vanilla; beat until creamy.
• With mixer on lowest speed, gradually add flour mixture. Mix just until incorporated.
• Scrape batter into prepared pan; tap on countertop to settle. Place pan on baking sheet in oven. Bake 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes, until cake is golden on top and a tester inserted into center comes out clean.
• Let pan cool on a rack for 1 hour. Slide knife around cake to loosen. Invert pan to remove cake, then place upright on rack. When completely cool, wrap tightly in plastic and let stand 24 hours. Serve with fresh mixed berries on the side.