Buttery Tea Time Cake - Sponge cake with crystallized sugar glaze
It is amazing that this simple, light and fluffy buttery cake, turns into a gorgeous teatime treat when it is glazed with butter and sugar crystal syrup. It gives such a sweet crunchiness to the top layer making every bite absoloutely pleasurable. Make this delightful treat for your friends and enjoy relaxing in the garden with a steaming pot of tea. Let’s make it: Self Raising flour 250 g Margarine or butter 250 g Caster sugar 250 g Eggs 4 Milk 1/4 cup Lemon juice and Vanilla essence 1 tsp each Salt 2 pinches Baking powder 1 tsp Let’s make it: Set the oven to 180 C . (Temperature conversion is given under Tips) Cream the batter Beat butter and sugar together until creamy, using an electric hand mixer Add eggs, one at a time. Make sure you beat well after each addition. Add vanilla essence, lemon juice, salt and beat for two rounds. Mix Four Mix baking powder to flour and sieve onto the cake batter, holding the sieve well ...