Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare Perfect Best Victorian Tea Cakes

Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, best victorian tea cakes. One of my favorites. 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 foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Best Victorian Tea Cakes is something that I have loved my entire life.

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

The ingredients needed to make Best Victorian Tea Cakes:

1. Make ready 3/4 Cup shortening (Crisco Butter Flavor is great!!)
2. Get 1 Cup sugar
3. Take 1 large egg
4. Make ready 1 teaspoon baking powder
5. Get 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
6. Get 1/4 teaspoon salt
7. Make ready 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
8. Prepare 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
9. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
10. Prepare 2 1/4 C flour
11. Prepare 1/2 C buttermilk (will describe how to make your own below, super easy)
12. Prepare Buttermilk
13. Make ready 1/2 cup milk
14. Get 2 teaspoons white vinegar
15. Prepare 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. Take 1 teaspoon lemon extract

Instructions 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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