Best Tangerine Soaked Tea Cake Recipes

TEA CAKE

Steps:

• Add the butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar to the bowl of a stand mixer. Mix together on high speed until it looks pale yellow, 4 to 5 minutes. Reduce the mixing speed to medium. Add the vanilla extract and molasses Add the egg and mix until the ingredients are fully incorporated. The dough should be a smooth, consistent texture. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, salt and baking soda and set to the side.
• Reduce the mixing speed to low and add the dry ingredients slowly. Mix until all of the dry ingredients are saturated. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl, folding in any unincorporated ingredients.
• After the dough is well mixed, remove the dough from the mixer and place on a piece of parchment paper. Roll the parchment to create a log approximately 1 1/2 inches in diameter (about 12 inches long). Wrap the log in plastic wrap and place in your refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Remove the chilled, firm log from the refrigerator. Remove the parchment and, using a sharp knife, slice the cookie dough in 1/4-inch circles. Place the cookies on a parchment-lined baking sheet. The cookies will expand in the oven, so leave about 1 cookie width of space between them on the sheet (about 12 cookies per sheet). Work quickly, as these cookies should go into the oven while the dough is still cold.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. The cookies are ready when they are just beginning to brown and let off a fragrant brown butter smell. Allow the cookies to cool fully before serving.

TANGERINE TEA CAKES

Steps:

• Arrange 50 mini muffin paper cups on a sheet pan. In a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment combine the almond paste, jam and tangerine rind until smooth. Mix in the eggs 1 at a time, adding the single yolk last. Add the flour and mix on low speed. Add the melted butter and mix until blended. Fill a pastry bag with the batter and pipe into the cups filling each 3/4 full. Place 1/4 of a tangerine section, with the cut side facing up on each teacake then sprinkle them all liberally with powdered sugar. Bake in a preheated 350 degree F oven until firm and lightly browned, about 20 minute. Cool and serve at room temperature in their papers.

GINGER TEA CAKE

Steps:

• Position a rack in the lower third of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F.
• Line a large (4 1/2-inch by 9 1/2-inch) metal loaf pan with parchment paper and spray with nonstick cooking spray.
• Sift the flour, baking soda, ginger and salt into a medium bowl. Whisk the pumpkin, buttermilk, and vanilla in another bowl.
• Beat the butter with an electric mixer at medium speed until smooth, about 1 minute. Add the light brown sugar and continue beating until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes more. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. At low speed, add the flour mixture in 3 parts, alternating with the pumpkin mixture in 2 parts, beginning and ending with the flour. Mix briefly at medium-low speed to make a smooth batter. Turn off beaters and add the crystallized ginger. Finish folding batter--which will be thick--by hand with a rubber spatula.
• Scrape batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top. Bake until a cake tester inserted into the cake comes out clean and top springs back when lightly pressed, about 55 minutes. Cool in pan on a rack 10 to 15 minutes, then invert pan to release cake onto rack to cool. Dust with confectioners' sugar, if desired. Serve.

TANGERINE TEA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut two 8-inch rounds of parchment paper to line the bottoms of two 8-inch (2 inches deep) round cake pans. Butter and line pans. Butter linings, then flour pans, tapping out excess. Set aside.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, allspice, and salt in a large bowl; set aside. Put butter in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; mix on medium-high speed until fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Reduce speed to low; add sugar in a slow, steady stream. Raise speed to high; mix until pale, 2 to 3 minutes. Reduce speed to medium-high. Mix in eggs, 1 at a time, mixing 30 seconds after each and scraping down sides of bowl as needed. Mix in vanilla.
• Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture; mix until just combined. Mix in sour cream, zest, juice, and ginger.
• Divide batter between prepared pans. Bake until deep golden and a cake tester inserted into centers comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Let cakes cool in pans on wire racks 20 minutes. Unmold cakes onto racks; let cool completely.
• Using a long serrated knife, halve each cake horizontally to create a total of four cake layers. Turn cake layers cut sides up. Brush 1 tablespoon marmalade on top of each layer.
• Using an offset spatula, spread 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons marmalade cream over the top of one cake layer. Top with another cake layer, cut side up. Repeat with remaining cake layers, stacking to form a four-layer cake and spreading top layer with 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons marmalade cream. Garnish assembled cake with candied tangerine slices.

TANGERINE TEA CAKES

Steps:

• These tiny tea cakes can be prepared in a silicone tart pan, or in petit four or mini muffin paper cups. If using, arrange cups on a sheet pan. Yield will depend on the size you choose.
• Preheat oven to 350 degree F.
• In a mixer, beat almond paste, marmalade and zest for a few minutes, until broken apart. Add eggs one at a time, adding the single yolk last. Mix in the flour on low speed, until just combined. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, then add the melted butter, and mix until blended. Batter will be very thin.
• Fill tart pan or cups nearly full using a spoon or pastry bag, if preferred. Bake until firm and lightly browned, about 20 minutes. Cool completely. Dust with powdered sugar. These can be served right in the cups. Enjoy your little gems!