Name: Marbled Tea Cake Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1¾ cups all-purpose flour; 2 tsp baking powder; ½ tsp salt; ½ cup butter; ¾ cup white sugar; 2 eggs; ½ cup milk; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 2 tsp instant coffee granules; 2 tbsp boiling water; 2 tbsp cinnamon sugar

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How To Make Marbled Tea Cake

In this tea cake, a sweet and simple vanilla cake is marbled with coffee swirls then baked and dusted with cinnamon sugar for a perfect tea pairing.

Preparation: 15 minutes

Cooking: 35 minutes

Cool Time: 30 minutes

Total: 1 hour 20 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

1¾cupsall-purpose flour
2tspbaking powder
½tspsalt
½cupbutter
¾cupwhite sugar
2eggs
½cupmilk
2tspvanilla extract
2tspinstant coffee granules
2tbspboiling water
2tbspcinnamon sugar

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8 by 8-inch baking pan.
Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt into a large bowl. Use and electric mixer to beat the butter and sugar in a separate large bowl until light and fluffy.
One at a time, beat the eggs into the butter mixture. Beat in ½ of the flour mixture, the milk, and the remaining flour. Mix well after each addition. Stir in vanilla extract.
Transfer about ⅓ of the batter to a small bowl. Dissolve the instant coffee granules in 2 tablespoons of boiling water. Stir the coffee liquid into the small bowl of batter.
Spoon ½ of the vanilla batter into the prepared baking pan and top with the coffee batter.
Spoon the remaining vanilla batter over the coffee layer. Use a butter knife to gently swirl the batters together.
Bake in the preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack for 30 minutes. Dust cooled cake with cinnamon sugar.