TEA CAKE

No, it is not a scone dough, no it is not a cake mixture, but what is it?
A fancy apple tea-ring cake was baked in my kitchen today. Only the right ingredients were used.  And here they were, self-rising flour mixed with butter generously and added light syrup flavour with star anise and cinnamon, also sour cream.  For extra sweetness added sultanas That were for the based for the cake.  Sliced two apples into rings, for the topping.  Dressed with honey and walnuts.
Baked in a conventional oven at 200 degrees C for 22 minutes.  The result was a beautiful looking and a friendly cake. Cut to square pieces to serve.

The Process of Baking Apple Tea Ring

The Recipe
Susy Apple Ring Tea Cake

Ingredients
210 g self-raising flour

Apple Ring  Tea Cake Served with Tea

2 tablespoons sultana
2 tablespoons raw sugar

90 g unsalted butter, melted.
1/2 cup light syrup
(mix the two together)

2 apples, cored and sliced into rings
Method
In a large bowl, place the dry ingredients, add in the butter and syrup mixture and a spoon of sour cream.
Mix together to make a cough but soft dough
Spread on a lined baking dish, place the apple ring nicely on top.
Bake in the preheated oven for 22 minutes
Glace with light caramel and top with walnuts
To Garnish
Top with honeyed nuts on every round apple and dust with icing powder.

To Serve
Slice and served with tea

It is one of the best of my Country Cooking selections, as I believed it fits with the definition of. It looks dandy, delicious.

I am responsible regarding all the quantities of the ingredients as it is my own composition, my recipe.  It worked beautifully on the first baking.

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Morning Tea with Friends

Spinach and Feta Pie

Apple Tea Cake

Sunday is a particular time to have morning or afternoon tea with the family to catch up.  I do make an effort to bake cake or tea cake.  This weekend is a long weekend, a labour day holiday, since we had free time and did not go anywhere, I had the chance to bake a sweet - Susy Apple Tea Cake and a savoury-Spinach and Feta Pie.  It was good baking and even better because the goodies were shared with friends. The spinach and Feta pie was too hot to cut.  My big thanks to a friend-Jenny a kind lady who helped me to cut the cake into beautiful slices.  Well Done.  Indeed the sweet and the savoury were a delight.

 Here is the recipe of Apple Tea Cake.   I love to share it with you.


Susy Apple Tea Cake

It looks similar to Apple Ring Tea Cake, only the contains is slightly different.
The ingredients: self-rising flour, grated apple, sultana, butter, sugar, egg, milk, and apple rings. Honey, pecan nuts to dress.

Recipe
Susy Appel Tea Cake


Ingredients:
535 g self-raising flour
1 cup white sugar
250g unsalted butter-melted (softened)
2 large free range eggs
1/2 cup of milk
1 cup sultana
1/2 cup grated apple
5 small apple golden delicious, cut to thin rings
Pecan and slivered almond nuts to dress.
Method
Preheat the oven to reach to 175 degrees Cand line a large tin
Place the dry ingredients in a large bowl, add in melted butter, mix and add in the sultana
Put in the grated apple, eggs, milk and mix together lightly but quickly
Spoon cake mixture to the prepared lined tin spread evenly and place the apple ring on top dot them with butter and sprinkle with castor sugar.
Bake in a hot oven at 175 degrees C (fan forced) for 33-35 minutes.
Rest in the tin for ten minutes and brush the top with honey, put pecan nuts in the middle of the rings
Transfer to a cooling tray, when it is cool enough slice to square

 The Process

Apple Tea Cake-before baking-freshly baked-brush with honey

Dress to Serve
Place pecan nut on every ring and add slivered almond dust the cake with icing powder.

Get ready your mug and cup, the cake is ready to be served.

A Platter of Apple Tea Cake, Ready to Serve

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MORE TEA CAKE

Apple Cake Dressed in Pumpkin Seeds

I have good apples ready in the fridge, but too soft to be eaten fresh.  A trendy cake was born.
Peel and cut to four or six, depending on the size.  Cover each apple with a soft scone dough, roll it on the pumpkin seeds and baked in a hot oven for 16 minutes.
To serve: drizzle with honey and served warm or dust with icing, and pile up on a plate.

While it's warm, serve with honey and dust with icing sugar to serve.
No Recipe.

Top with white chocolate is delicious too, omit the icing sugar.

The fresh apple in the middle of the cake, which emphasises the tartness of the fruit makes the sweet cake delightfully delicious.
The family enjoy this treat, with cream.  The warm apple cake with pouring cream, indeed it is so good.


There won't be anymore baking for a while.  
Have a try of those recipes, and 'Happy Baking.'



Thank You for Visiting
Susy