Glazed Irish Tea Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Place currants and 1/4 cup of flour in a small bowl and mix well to cover currants. Set aside.
• Grease and dust a 9 inch loaf pan and cut out a piece of parchment paper to fit the bottom, line and set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl on medium speed cream butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy.
• Blend in eggs, then blend in cream cheese.
• Mix or sift together the flour, baking powder and salt.
• Add a small amount of flour into butter mixture and blend well, then a small amount of buttermilk, then flour and repeat until both are well incorporated.
• Stir in the currants and remaining flour, mix well and spoon into prepared loaf pan.
• Bake for 1 hour and 30 minutes or until a toothpick stuck into the middle comes out clean.
• Remove and let stand in the pan for 10 minutes.
• The top will crack.
• Free up sides with a knife and invert onto a cooling rack.
• While still warm but not hot glaze cake and allow glaze to drip down sides.
• Cool to room temp and serve.
• Irish Whiskey laced whipped cream would be a nice touch.
• For the glaze just whisk together the powdered sugar and lemon juice.