Irish Tea Cake Recipe

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Irish Tea Cake
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Ingredients
11
Count
Nutrition
2799
Calories
Total time
60
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 4 2/3 cups flour
  • 2 1/2 cups currants (do not use raisins they are too large for this)
  • 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 1/4 cups butter, softened (no subsitutions)
  • 2 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 3 tbsp lemon juice
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 1/4 cups milk
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice, mixed with 2 tsp water

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour 2 9 inch loaf pans.
  2. Place 2/3 cups of flour in medium sized bowl. Add currants and toss well to coat. Set aside.
  3. Sift together remaining flour and baking powder onto wax paper.
  4. Beat together butter, sugar, lemon juice and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time.
  5. Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with milk in 3 or 4 additions, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. mixing after each addition only enough to just combine ingredients. Fold in the flour coated currants along with any flour left in bowl after coating them. Spoon batter into pans, smooth tops.
  6. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour and 25 minutes or until loaves are lightly browned, springy to the touch and pulling away from sides of pan. Cool in pans 15 minutes, remove from pans and allow to cool completely on wire racks.
  7. For Glaze:.
  8. Whisk together powdered sugar and lemon juice mixture until glaze like consistency, using less or more lemon juice mixture to achieve desired effect.
  9. Drizzle over loaves to coat evenly, allow glaze to harden before slicing. Slice thin to serve.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 2799.28 Kcal (11720 kJ)
Calories from fat 1202.79 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 133.64g 206%
Cholesterol 317.73mg 106%
Sodium 4871.37mg 203%
Potassium 2914.1mg 62%
Total Carbs 368.78g 123%
Sugars 148.4g 594%
Dietary Fiber 22.2g 89%
Protein 39.32g 79%
Vitamin C 34.6mg 58%
Vitamin A 0.7mg 24%
Iron 12.9mg 72%
Calcium 868.1mg 87%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 354.94 Kcal (1486 kJ)
Calories from fat 152.51 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 16.95g 206%
Cholesterol 40.29mg 106%
Sodium 617.68mg 203%
Potassium 369.5mg 62%
Total Carbs 46.76g 123%
Sugars 18.82g 594%
Dietary Fiber 2.81g 89%
Protein 4.99g 79%
Vitamin C 4.4mg 58%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 24%
Iron 1.6mg 72%
Calcium 110.1mg 87%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 66.3
    Points
  • 76
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • good source of fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

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