A tea cake by any other name would smell as sweet. Thus, there are a variety of tea cakes recipes, two of which we will provide to you.

Old fashioned tea cakes have as their ingredients 1 cup of butter, 2 cups of sugar, 3 eggs, 4 cups of flour, 2 teaspoons of baking powder, 1 teaspoon of vanilla and 1/8 teaspoon of salt. Begin by creaming the sugar and butter together with the back of a spoon. Add the eggs which should be minimally beaten, flour, baking powder vanilla and salt. Lay on floured board and slice. Sprinkle sugar and put in the oven and bake at 400 degrees. Keep on the oven for 12 to 15 minutes.

Another tea cake recipe is called Maw-Maw’s tea cakes. They consist of 2 eggs, 1 cup sugar, ¾ cup cooking oil, 1 teaspoon vanilla and 2 cups flour. This recipe is simple if you have the ingredients. Simply mix all of the elements and drop by teaspoonful on a cookie sheet which should be greased. Bake at 425 degrees about 10 to 12 minutes. The mixture will stiffen as it cools off.

The above simple recipes for tea cakes prove that you do not have to be a telecook to learn how to bake cookies. The ingredients are available everywhere and might even be in your kitchen cabinet, if you do much cooking. Cooking time is minimal, and you can put it on a timer so you do not have to watch them to prevent burning.