Irish Tea Cake With Glaze Recipes

Steps:

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

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Place currants and 1/4 cup of flour in a small bowl and mix well to cover currants. Set aside.
• Grease and dust a 9 inch loaf pan and cut out a piece of parchment paper to fit the bottom, line and set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl on medium speed cream butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy.
• Blend in eggs, then blend in cream cheese.
• Mix or sift together the flour, baking powder and salt.
• Add a small amount of flour into butter mixture and blend well, then a small amount of buttermilk, then flour and repeat until both are well incorporated.
• Stir in the currants and remaining flour, mix well and spoon into prepared loaf pan.
• Bake for 1 hour and 30 minutes or until a toothpick stuck into the middle comes out clean.
• Remove and let stand in the pan for 10 minutes.
• The top will crack.
• Free up sides with a knife and invert onto a cooling rack.
• While still warm but not hot glaze cake and allow glaze to drip down sides.
• Cool to room temp and serve.
• Irish Whiskey laced whipped cream would be a nice touch.
• For the glaze just whisk together the powdered sugar and lemon juice.

Steps:

• Soak currants in the tea and add the brown sugar. Leave fruit overnight to soak.
• Next day add the self-raising flour and the SR Flour and the lightly beaten egg.
• Mix well with a wooden spoon and place into a greased and lined small loaf tin. I think these are also referred to as a bar tin.
• Bake in a pre-heated moderate oven for about 1 hour. Turn out and cool.
• Serve sliced and buttered. This loaf keeps very well for at least a week.
• Cooking and prep time does not include overnight soaking of the currants.