Fluffy, buttery, and shockingly tender, old fashioned tea cakes are more akin to a crossover between a biscuit and a cookie than they are to a cake. Our recipe calls for the zest of one lemon, adding ...

You should know something before we head into the kitchen: I don’t cook without a recipe, and I don’t bake, period (not unless you count tiny, soggy cakes from my 1960s Suzy Homemaker Oven or ...

Jeff Wynn co-owner of Dainty Cakes Food Truck showed their variety of old-fashioned tea cakes and talked about how he and his wife tried and failed at more than 40 recipes before getting just the ...

3 eggs 2 C sugar 1 t. vanilla 4 T buttermilk 1 C shortening 4 C flour 1 t. baking powder 1 t. baking soda 1/2 t. salt Cream eggs, sugar, milk, shortening, and vanilla flavoring. Sift flour, baking ...

The syrup tea cake recipe comes from the memory of my 89-year-old mother who really makes them better than me." Original Tea Cake Recipe: 1 C. lard (1 C. shortening or 1 stick butter and 1/2 C.