Cherry Tea Cakes Recipes

RUSSIAN CHERRY TEACAKES

Steps:

• Cream the butter, sugar, and vanilla thoroughly. Sift together the flour and salt, add to the butter, and mix. Fold in the nuts and cherries and chill the dough for 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Roll the dough into 1-inch balls and place on an ungreased cookie sheet (they do not spread as they bake). Bake until set but do not brown, about 10 minutes.
• While still warm but set, roll the cookies in confectioners' sugar and cool. Roll in confectioners' sugar again and bake again for 10 to 12 minutes.

CHERRY TEA CAKES RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• 1 Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, beat powdered sugar, butter, cherry liquid, almond extract and food color with electric mixer on medium speed until blended. On low speed, beat in flour and salt. Stir in cherries. 2 Shape dough into 1-inch balls. On ungreased cookie sheets, place balls 2 inches apart. 3 Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool 20 to 30 minutes. 4 In 1-quart resealable freezer plastic bag, place baking chips; seal bag. Microwave on High 35 to 50 seconds, squeezing chips in bag every 15 seconds, until chips are melted and smooth. Cut small tip from bottom corner of bag; drizzle melted chips over cookies.

CHERRY-PISTACHIO TEA CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.
• Pulse the pistachios, flour, baking powder and salt in a food processor until finely ground.
• Whisk the confectioners' sugar and eggs in a large bowl, then whisk in the pistachio mixture until just combined. Stir in the melted butter until just incorporated.
• Spoon 2 tablespoons batter into each muffin cup. Bake until slightly puffed and just beginning to set, about 8 minutes. Place 1 or 2 cherries in the center of each cake and continue baking until the cakes feel springy and the edges are lightly browned, 10 to 12 more minutes. Transfer to a rack and let cool 10 minutes in the pan, then remove from the pan to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

CHERRY TEA CAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, beat powdered sugar, butter, cherry liquid, almond extract and food color with electric mixer on medium speed until blended. On low speed, beat in flour and salt. Stir in cherries.
• Shape dough into 1-inch balls. On ungreased cookie sheets, place balls 2 inches apart.
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool 20 to 30 minutes.
• In 1-quart resealable freezer plastic bag, place baking chips; seal bag. Microwave on High 35 to 50 seconds, squeezing chips in bag every 15 seconds, until chips are melted and smooth. Cut small tip from bottom corner of bag; drizzle melted chips over cookies.

IRISH CHERRY TEA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350° F. Prepare an 8-inch round baking pan with a removable bottom, by lining thebottom with a circle of parchment paper. Use butter to keep the paper in place. Grease the sides of the pan and the top of the parchment paper.
• Sift half of the cake flour with the salt and into a mixing bowl. Add the cherry halves (except those reserved to decorate the top of the cake.) Toss the cherries to coat them in flour.
• Siftthe remaining flour into another bowl with the baking powder.
• Add the butter and sugar to the bowl of an electric mixer. Beat until soft and fluffy.
• Add one egg with about two tablespoons of the sifted flour and baking powder to the creamed butter mixture, Combine well together. Repeat with the other two eggs.
• Add the remainder of the flour and baking powder, milk, and vanilla essence. Mix on low speed.
• Add the flour coated cherries and the remainder of the flour to the mixture. Gently blend with a large spoon.
• Transfer the batter into the prepared baking tin. Level the top and use the back of a spoon to place a small hollow in the center of the cake to prevent it from rising too high during baking.
• Decorate the top of the cake with the un-floured cherry halves. Sprinkle with demerara sugar. Bake for about 90 minutes until a knife or toothpick comes out clean. If the cake starts to brown too quickly, make an aluminum foil tent to cover the cake.
• Remove from the oven and allow to cool in the pan for about 20 minutes. Turn the cake out onto a baking rack and cool completely. Remove the parchment paper from the base before serving. Cut into triangular slices to serve.

CHERRY ALMOND TEA CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray muffins tins. Place mini-muffin paper liner inside each cup.
• Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. When it begins to sputter, reduce heat. Cook until butter has lightly browned. Skim foam from top and remove skillet from heat.
• Whisk together flour, ground almonds, sugar and salt in a bowl. Add egg whites and whisk until smooth. Stir in flavoring. Pour in butter, leaving any dark brown sediment in skillet and whisk to combine. Let stand for 20 minutes.
• Spoon 1 tablespoon of batter into each muffin cup, filling about halfway. Push a cherry in each, keeping stem up. With a small spoon, smooth batter over cherries to cover. Bake until a toothpick comes out clean and cakes are golden brown, 12-15 minutes.
• Let cool 10 minutes. Run a knife around edges to loosen, and unmold. Cakes can be stored in airtight containers at room temperature overnight.
• Makes 2 dozen.

LITTLE CHERRY TEA CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Cream together butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla.
• Add cherries.
• Add nuts.
• Add flour.
• Drop by small teaspoons onto lightly greased cookie sheet.
• Bake 9 minutes.

TINY CHERRY AND ALMOND TEA CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Brush mini muffin tins with butter; dust with flour, tapping out excess. In a small saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Cook, swirling pan occasionally, until butter is lightly browned and fragrant. Skim foam from top, and remove from heat.
• In a food processor, finely grind almonds (you should have 1 cup), and transfer to a bowl; whisk in flour, sugar, and salt to combine. Add egg whites, and whisk until smooth. Stir in kirsch. Pour in browned butter, leaving any burned sediment behind, and whisk to combine. Let batter rest 20 minutes.
• Fill each prepared cup with 1 tablespoon batter. Push a cherry into batter of each cup, keeping stem end up. With a small spoon, smooth batter over cherries to cover.
• Bake, rotating tins halfway through, until golden brown and a cake tester inserted near cherries comes out clean, 12 to 15 minutes. Transfer tins to wire racks to cool 10 minutes. Run a small offset spatula or knife around edges to loosen; turn out cakes onto racks to cool completely. Cakes can be stored overnight at room temperature in airtight containers.