Cinnamon Tea Cake Recipe
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What’s more reliably comforting than a tea cake? Here you have a fluffy, spongey cake base, with crunchy, crumbly cinnamon goodness on top, and a touch of icing to boot. This modest beauty is guaranteed to be a hit with the whole fam — or your luckiest pals 😋
You will need
Serves 10
Vanilla cake
- 1 ½ cups (190g) plain flour
- ¾ cup (150g) sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon, optional
- Pinch of salt
- ¾ cup (190g) dairy-free milk
- ½ cup (125g) neutral oil, of choice
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Cinnamon crumble
- ¾ cup (95g) plain flour
- ½ cup (95g) brown sugar
- ¼ cup (55g) vegan butter, melted and cooled
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Icing
- ¾ cup (75g) icing sugar
- 2-3 teaspoons dairy-free milk
Recipe: Rainbow Nourishments
Directions
Step 1
Preheat your oven to 180°C (convection) or 160°C (fan-forced). Line the bottom and sides of a 20 cm round cake tin.
Step 2
Add all the dry ingredients (flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt) to a large mixing bowl. Mix until there are no lumps.
Step 3
Add the wet ingredients (milk, oil, vinegar and vanilla) and mix until just combined, then pour the batter into your cake tin.
Step 4
Add all the cinnamon crumble ingredients to a medium bowl. Mix with a fork until just combined. The mixture should have large crumbles with some sandy bits. Don’t overmix otherwise it will turn into a paste.
Step 5
Sprinkle the crumble on top of your cake, then bake for 50 minutes or until you can insert a toothpick in the middle and it comes out mostly clean (there will be bits of crumble so just make sure there is no wet cake batter).
Step 6
Allow the cake to cool in the tin for 30 minutes then cool on a wire rack.
Step 7
To make the icing, add all ingredients to a medium bowl. The icing should have a thick drizzle consistency. When the cake cools, drizzle on the cake.
Step 8
Enjoy the cake warm or at room temperature. Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
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Recipe: Rainbow Nourishments
