A real Southern recipe

[norgeway]

This im going to make soon..
Sweet Tea and Lemonade cake!
1 1/2 cupa boiling water
3 family size tea bags
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
5 large eggs, room temperature
3 1/2 cups cake flour
2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp soda
Preheat oven to 350,grease and flour a 9x13 pan,
Pour the boiling water over the tea bags, cover and steep 10 minutes.,take out tea bags mash out all liquid with a spoon, cool 20 minutes.
Beat butter until creamy, gradually add sugars beating until light and fluffy,add eggs 1 at a time, beating just until blended,
Sift dry ingredients and add alternately with 1 cup of the tea, beginning and ending with flour., beat on low speed just until blended after each addition,
Pour into prepared pan and bake for 35 to 40 minutes until toothpick comes out clean in the center, cool completely..

Lemonade Frosting.
Beat 1 .8oz pkg softened cream cheese and 1/4 cup soft butter until creamy,add gradually 6 cups powdered sugar..1 cup at a time, use low speed ,,,blend in 1 tablespoon lemom zest and 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, increase speed and beat until light and fluffy..frost cooled cake

 

[frigilux]

Have never heard of a tea-flavored cake. It sounds delicious and there just happens to be a box of cake flour in the pantry. Thanks for sharing this unique southern treat, Hans.

 

[norgeway]

I just put one

In the Westinghouse...We shall see...The batter tastes completely different, almost a spice flavor!

 

[countryguy]

Sounds delicious as I love both iced tea and lemonade. Just printed off the recipe.

Gary

 

[tomturbomatic]

Honey cake, which is a traditional treat for Rosh Hashana to symbolically ensure a sweet new year is made with either warm coffee or tea to help thin the honey used in the cake batter. It uses cloves and cinnamon for spices. It is notoriously unstable and often falls which makes for a very moist cake.

 

[kevin313]

Hans - let us know how it bakes up in that beautiful new Westinghouse range!

 

[norgeway]

VERY GOOD!

The oven did great, and the cake is wonderful!! You must try this one !!!!

 

[chachp]

WH Mixer....

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Did you use one of your WH Mixers to whip it up?  As I was reading it I was thinking what a fun time this would be using a vintage Sunbeam mixer.</span>

 

[hooverwheelaway]

That sounds fabulous! I can't wait to try making this!!

 

[norgeway]

I did use!

One of the Westinghouses, the oldest one I have that im using as a daily driver, the Westinghouse Food Crafter.

 

[cuffs054]

Made it today. Looks good. The frosting is outstanding! Have to wait till after dinner for the big test.

 

[warmsecondrinse]

Tom,

My mom's family made a similar honey cake with coffee (never tea, AFAIK) and RYE flour. It was very dense, moist ... and delicious!

Like Polish rye bread, this rye cake was usually made in a loaf pan and the end product was MUCH, MUCH heavier than than you'd expect.

I'll have to ask my mom if she has the recipe. I suspect she doesn't because I've no recollection of my grandmother making it. There were a handful of traditional foods my grandmother never cooked simply because she didn't like them. Lucky for my grandfather, he had a slew of sisters and sisters-in-law who kept him supplied with anything my grandmother didn't make.

Jim

 

[circlew]

I remember such a cake from when my Uncle Kel passed away, and it was tasty. There must have been 20 cakes in the kitchen the day of the funeral, along with any kind of food you can think of. There was so much they had to have some of it kept at the neighbors. This was in rural Mississippi.

 

[tomturbomatic]

The tea is my invention. I don't like coffee. My mother put coffee in Devil's Food cake.

 

[hooverwheelaway]

We made this cake last night in our Hamilton Beach mixer, let it cool overnight, and just made the frosting in a Kenmore mixer. Looks absolutely delicious, going to serve it tonight. Can't wait!!

 

[jetcone]

Yum Fred

how was the cake ?? Lots of frosting I see.

 

And Hans I gotta try your tea cake recipe it sounds yummy.

 

 

 

 

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[hooverwheelaway]

The cake was absolutely delicious! Very dense and most... Next time I might try baking in two round pans and making a layer cake, though. I don't like cake that's too sweet, and this has just the right amount of sweet. The cream cheese and lemon in the frosting really compliment the flavor of the tea.

 

[gansky1]

This was really wonderful - everyone loved it last night.  This recipe will move to the front of the box!

 

[magic_clean]

Couldn't

resist baking this cake this morning. My hands still are lemon scented from zesting and juicing for the frosting. Anyway, it was a fun cake to prepare and can't wait to try it!

Thanks.....L.P.