Best 6 Sour Cream Tea Cakes Recipes

DEEP SOUTH OLD FASHIONED TEA CAKES

Steps:

• In a large bowl cream together butter and shortening until creamy.
• Mix in sugar until well combined.
• Mix in egg.
• Mix in lemon zest and vanilla bean paste. Set aside.
• In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg.
• Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, alternating with the buttermilk.
• Turn dough onto a smooth surface and knead until dough is soft.
• Shape into a disk and cover with plastic wrap.
• Refrigerate for 1 hour (or freeze for 30 minutes)
• Preheat oven to 350 F.
• Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
• Remove dough from fridge and plastic wrap.
• Knead dough to soften it.
• Roll dough to 1/4-inch thick.( I rolled the dough on parchment to prevent sticking)
• Use a round cookie cutter to cut out circle shapes.
• Place cookies on prepared pan about 2 inches apart. (see note)
• Bake for 8-10 minutes until bottoms are lightly golden. (see note)
• Remove from pan and place on cooling rack to finish cooling.
• Once cooled store in airtight container.

SOUR CREAM TEA CAKES

Steps:

• 1. In a medium bowl combine cake flour, baking powder and salt and set aside. Using an electric mixer cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add in eggs one at a time stirring after each addition. Stir in sour cream and vanilla until combined. Gradually add in flour mixture combined. Chill dough for at least one hour in refrigerator. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment paper. Roll 3 tablespoons of dough into a ball. Use flour on your hands if needed. Place ball on baking sheet and flatten to about 1/2 inch thick, molding sides to keep round shape if necessary. Continue with remaining dough, placing each 2 inches apart. Bake in preheated oven for 10-12 minutes. Cool for a few minutes on baking sheet, and transfer to wire rack to cool completely.
• 2. ALTERNATIVE: Roll out dough to a 1/4 to 3/8 inch thickness. Cut out shapes, and bake on an parchment lined cookie sheet for 8 minutes.
• 3. FROSTING: Using an electric mixer combine butter and gradually add in confectioners sugar. When all sugar is added, pour in milk and vanilla and blend on medium until fluffy. Add in food color if desired.

SOUR CREAM PECAN TEA RING

Steps:

• 1. Combine melted butter, sour cream, sugar and salt. Dissolve yeast in warm water. Add sour cream mixture, egg and 3 cups of flour; beat until smooth. Add more flour to make a stiff dough. On a floured board knead 8 to 10 minutes. Place in a greased bowl; turn to grease all around. Cover; let rise until doubled. Punch down dough. Cover; let rest 15 minutes. Roll into two 9x16 -inch rectangles. Brush with melted butter. --- Combine pecans, brown sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle on top of dough (if desired raisins can be sprinkled on now). Roll up each rectangle starting with the 16-inch side Form into a circle on a greased baking sheet. Seal seams. Cut slits 2/3 through rings at 1 1/2 intervals, turn sections on sides. Cover; let rise until doubled, about 1 hour. Bake at 375^ about 25 minutes or until golden brown. Makes 2 rings. Remove from oven and cool. --- Note: I have used walnuts or almonds instead of pecans. I have added coconut, sometimes peanut butter and honey, orange peel and raisins, etc.... --- Frost with powdered sugar icing.

GRANDMA'S OLD FASHIONED TEA CAKES

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt and nutmeg; stir into the creamed mixture. Knead dough for a few turnns on a floured board until smooth. Cover and refrigerate until firm.
• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out to 1/4 inch in thickness. Cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters. Place cookies 1 1/2 inches apart onto cookie sheets.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

GLAZED SOUR CREAM GEM CAKES

Steps:

• Place a rack in center of oven; preheat to 325°. Lightly coat 20 molds of 2 brownie Bundt pans or the cups of a standard 12-cup muffin pan or 2 standard 6-cup muffin pans with nonstick spray; lightly dust with flour, tapping out excess. Whisk rice flour, baking powder, baking soda, kosher salt, and ½ cup (scant; 60 g) all-purpose flour in a medium bowl to combine.
• Beat butter in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on medium speed just until smooth. Add granulated sugar and beat until pale and creamy, about 3 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl with a rubber spatula. With motor running, add eggs one at a time, beating to incorporate and scraping down sides of bowl after each addition. Add vanilla and beat just to combine. (Mixture may look slightly curdled at this point, but don't worry, it will come together in the end.)
• Using a fine-mesh sieve, sift in half of dry ingredients and beat on low speed just until a few dry patches remain. Scrape down sides of bowl and add sour cream and milk; beat just until incorporated. Sift in remaining dry ingredients and beat until combined (be careful not to overmix).
• Carefully divide batter among prepared pans (about 2 Tbsp. per mold for Bundt pans or about 3 Tbsp. per cup for muffin pan). Bake, rotating pans halfway through, until a tester inserted into the center of a cake comes out clean, 14-16 minutes for Bundts, 17-20 minutes for muffins. Let cakes cool in pan 10 minutes, then gently loosen cakes with a small offset spatula and turn out onto wire racks; let cool completely.
• Dip tops of cakes in glaze of choice; set back on racks, letting excess glaze drip down sides (for easy cleanup, lay a sheet of parchment paper underneath racks to catch any drips). If you want a more vibrant look, double-glaze cakes. Sprinkle cakes with toppings as desired (e.g., a pinch of sea salt on Milk Tea Glaze, coconut or sesame seeds on Matcha Glaze, and lemon zest on Strawberry Jam Glaze). Do ahead: Like doughnuts, gem cakes are best enjoyed the day they are baked but can be made 2 days ahead. Store airtight at room temperature.

RASPBERRY SOUR CREAM TEA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200degC or 180degC if fan forced (400degF or 350degF). Grease a deep 20cm (8") cake tin and line base with baking paper.
• Place cake mix (don't use the cinnamon topping sachet that comes in tea cake mix in Australia), eggs, butter and sour cream in a large bowl and mix on low speed until ingredients are moistened, then increase speed to medium and beat for 2 minutes.
• Stir through choc bits (I sometimes leave these out and it is still great) and pour into prepared tin and sprinkle evenly with frozen raspberries, pressing them gently into cake mixture.
• Bake 1 hour or until cake is cooked when tested with a skewer. Cool in tin for 10 minutes, then turn out onto wire cake rack.
• Sprinkle with icing sugar to serve.