Moist Lemon Tea Cakes Recipe

Moist Lemon Tea Cakes Recipe Moist Lemon Tea Cakes Recipe photo by Taste of Home Rating 5

Charlene Crump reports from Montgomery, Alabama, "Whenever I serve these lovely bite-size glazed cakes, they get rave reviews...and I get requests for the recipe. Lemon and cream cheese make for a winning combination."

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Moist Lemon Tea Cakes Recipe
  • Prep: 30 min. Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling
  • Yield: 102 Servings
30 10 40

Ingredients

  • 1-1/2 cups butter, softened
  • 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
  • 2-1/4 cups sugar
  • 6 eggs
  • 3 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 2 teaspoons lemon extract
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • GLAZE:
  • 5-1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1/2 cup plus 3 tablespoons 2% milk
  • 3-1/2 teaspoons lemon extract

Directions

  • In a large bowl, cream the butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the lemon juice, extracts and lemon peel. Add flour; beat just until moistened.
  • Fill greased miniature muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 325° for 10-15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
  • In a small bowl, combine glaze ingredients. Dip tops of cakes into glaze; place on waxed paper to dry. Yield: 8-1/2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 tea cake equals 93 calories, 4 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 22 mg cholesterol, 38 mg sodium, 14 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.

Originally published as Lemon Tea Cakes in Taste of Home February/March 2002, p65

Sweet White Wine

Enjoy this recipe with a sweet white wine such as Moscato or a sweet Riesling.

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Reviewed on Mar. 23, 2009 by margectoo

Can this recipe be adapted for something larger than miniature muffin cups? margectoo

Reviewed on Feb. 19, 2009 by debbie757

I have made this recipe often and they come out great.  I'm not sure they would keep for 2 weeks.  I've had them sit around the house for 4 or 5 days and they are still quite moist, not sure about 2 weeks though.

Reviewed on Feb. 19, 2009 by debbie757

I halve this recipe often and it comes out perfect everytime.

Reviewed on Jan. 23, 2009 by desertpearl

Reviewed on Jan. 19, 2009 by misssmarty74

I made these for the staff appreciation at my sons school. They were a hit. I didn't get 8 1/2 dz though, more like 7 and some of them were pretty small.

Reviewed on Jan. 16, 2009 by mullenfa@telus.net

When I made these little beauties , I was disappointed in the yield. I used a mini pan and only got five and a half dozen

Reviewed on Jan. 12, 2009 by bocciball

I made them this weekend. I was a little disappointed.They were more like a cheesecake than a cupcake.

Reviewed on Jan. 12, 2009 by santapainter

Note: make that a FRIEND from Japan - not a fiend. Sorry.

santapainter

Reviewed on Jan. 12, 2009 by santapainter

I made these for a friends family meal after a death in their family. Everyone loved them. (I made regular cupcakes and adjusted the cooking time). Also shared recipe with my family and friends. A fiend from Japan e-mailed back that she had ingredients on hand was going to make 'now'.

The texture & smoothness of these cakes is so cool and refreshing. They just melt in your mouth.

Thanks for this 'keeper' recipe.

Reviewed on Jan. 11, 2009 by janetmccrthy

Theseare wonderful, I took all to a church function and I came home with empty plates.

 
 

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