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This article is about a type of cake
Cake

Cake is a form of food that is usually sweet and often Baking. Cakes normally combine some kind of flour, a sweetener , a binding agent , fats , a liquid , flavoring and some form of leavening agent , though many cakes lack these ingredients and instead rely on air bubbles in the dough to expand and cause the cake to rise....
. Tea cake can also be used to describe Compressed tea. For the chocolate-covered teacake, see Chocolate-coated marshmallow treats.

A teacake or tea cake is a kind of bread or cake. The name is commonly used for whatever bread or cake is traditionally served for afternoon tea within a region, but can be applied loosely to any kind of cake that is sturdy enough to be picked up with the fingers.






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This article is about a type of cake
Cake

Cake is a form of food that is usually sweet and often Baking. Cakes normally combine some kind of flour, a sweetener , a binding agent , fats , a liquid , flavoring and some form of leavening agent , though many cakes lack these ingredients and instead rely on air bubbles in the dough to expand and cause the cake to rise....
. Tea cake can also be used to describe Compressed tea. For the chocolate-covered teacake, see Chocolate-coated marshmallow treats.

Teacake
A teacake or tea cake is a kind of bread or cake. The name is commonly used for whatever bread or cake is traditionally served for afternoon tea within a region, but can be applied loosely to any kind of cake that is sturdy enough to be picked up with the fingers. Teacake is normally not frosted
Icing (food)

Icing, also called frosting, is a sweet Glaze made of sugar that often also contains butter, water, egg whites, milk, or flavorings and is used to cover or cake decorating baked goods, such as cakes or cookies....
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Regional variations


Northern Ireland and Scotland

In Northern Ireland and Scotland, a teacake is a soft, chocolate-coated marshmallow on a biscuit base.

Great Britain

In Great Britain
Great Britain

Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
, a teacake is usually a light, sweet, yeast
Yeast

Yeasts are eukaryote microorganisms classified in the Kingdom fungus, with about 1,500 species currently described; they dominate fungal diversity in the oceans....
-based bun
Bun

A bun is a small, usually sweet bread. Commonly they are hand-sized or smaller, domed in shape with a flat bottom. It can also mean a savory bread roll similar to a Bap or barmcake....
 containing dried fruits such as currants
Zante currant

The Zante currant or currant is a variety of small, sweet, seedless grape named after Corinth and the Ionian Islands island of Zakynthos and not to be confused with the ribes berry "currants" which are in a different family altogether....
, sultanas
Sultana (grape)

The sultana is a type of white, seedless grape of Turkey, Greece or Iran origin. It is also the name given to the raisin made from it; such sultana raisins are often called simply sultanas or sultanis. These are typically larger than the Zante currants made from Zante grapes, but smaller than "normal" Raisin....
 or peel
Peel (fruit)

Peel, also known as rind or skin, is the outer protective layer of a fruit or vegetable which could be peeled off. The rind is usually the Botany exocarp, but the term exocarp does also include the hard cases of nut , which are not named peels since they are not peeled off by hand or peeler, but rather shells because of their har...
. It is typically split, toasted, buttered, and served with tea
Tea

Tea refers to the agricultural products of the leaves, leaf buds, and internodes of the Camellia sinensis plant, prepared and cured by various methods....
. It is flat and circular, with a smooth brown upper surface and a somewhat lighter underside.

In West Cumbria, some East Lancashire towns and parts of nearby West Yorkshire, a teacake is the name given to a plain bread roll. In this area, the normal "teacake" is referred to as a currant or fruited teacake.

Europe

In Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
, the word for teacake (tekaka) refers to a sweetened wheat soda bread
Soda bread

Soda bread is a type of quick bread in which baking soda is used for leavening rather than the more common yeast. The ingredients of traditional soda bread are flour, Sodium bicarbonate, salt, and buttermilk....
, resembling a farl
Farl

A farl is a term used in Ireland and Scotland for some roughly triangular flat breads and cakes, traditionally made by cutting a round into four pieces....
 and served warm with butter
Butter

Butter is a dairy product made by churning fresh or fermentation cream or milk. It is generally used as a spread and a condiment, as well as in cooking applications such as baking, sauce making, and frying....
 and jam.

North America

In southeastern United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, a tea cake is a traditional cookie, similar to a sugar cookie
Sugar cookie

A sugar cookie is a cookie made from sugar, flour, butter, eggs, vanilla, and either baking powder or baking soda. Sugar cookies may be formed by hand or rolled and cut into shapes....
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Oceania

In Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, a teacake is a larger sweet cake of the type made with a mixture of flour, eggs, fat and sugar. It is served sliced as an accompaniment to tea. Australian teacakes are sometimes sprinkled with cinnamon and fine (caster) sugar, and are often served warm from the oven.

In some parts of Australia, the term "tea cake" is used to refer to a Boston Bun
Boston Bun

A Boston bun is a large Spiced bun with a thick layer of coconut icing, popular in Australia and New Zealand. Traditionally, the bun also contained sieved potato....
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See also

  • Coffee cake
    Coffee cake

    The term coffee cake can refer to either of the following:* A cake, often sponge cake, which is made with coffee or has a coffee flavour.* A cake served with coffee or eaten as a dessert....
    , a class of cakes that are served with coffee
    Coffee

    Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted seeds, commonly called coffee beans, of the Coffea. Caffeinated coffee has a stimulating effect in humans....
  • Victoria cakes
    Sponge cake

    File:Sponge cake.jpgSponge cake is a cake based on flour , sugar, and Egg s, sometimes leavened with baking powder, that derives its structure from an egg foam into which the other ingredients are folded....
    , the kind of cake that Queen Victoria ate with her tea.
  • Chocolate teacakes, a kind of chocolate-coated marshmallow treat