Paulchens FoodBlog?!

“Cream butter and sugar, add some eggs.
Beat until everything is creamy white and fluffy.
A hint of vanilla is coming in right and a little cup of milk.
Now for the finish of it add some flour made of oats and spelt.
Some baking aid will be your little help.
Whipped up in a whiz, now poured in a baking dish:
off into the warm oven it goes, soon lovely smells will tickle your nose!
Out of the oven, fluffy and sweet.
Have it with your tea and you will eat and eat and eat!”

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These little lovely Irish Tea Cakes I made after a recipe from my assigned blog “Cookin’ Mimi” are so delicious I just can’t tell you how quick they were gone once out of the oven and cooled slightly!

I only made two little changes to her recipe: I used a mix of finely ground oatmeal and white spelt flour for the batter and baked them in little muffin tins for easier serving rather than in one large baking tin.

I can tell you, you would want to bake them as well if you had a chance to take a little sniff when these little cakes came out of the oven or a single bite when we had them for afternoon tea… Go ahead and make them you will love it and they are made in no time :o)

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Irish Tea Cake

Ingredients:

1/2 cup (1 stick) softened butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 3/4 cup all purpose flour   white spelt flour
3/4 cup finely ground oatmeal
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons milk

 

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9 inch round cake pan or about 6 muffin tins.
• In a bowl cream together softened butter and sugar with mixer until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well between additions. Mix in vanilla.
• In a separate bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt.
• Stir the flour into the creamed mixture alternating with the milk.
• Pour into prepared pan and bake for 30-35 minutes or until golden and tester inserted comes out with fine crumbs.
• Cool in pan for 5-10 minutes then turn on to cooling rack until completely cooled.

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