Quick and Easy Tea Cake Recipe

This easy to make tea cake can be whipped up in only 5 minutes using staple pantry ingredients. It is a perfectly moist and not overly sweet cake that makes for a great hostess gift, holiday breakfast or afternoon snack. Use this basic recipe as the starting point for many others, adding in whatever flavors or glazes that you may like!

What is Tea Cake?

Tea Cake is an easy and delicious cake that pairs wonderfully with a cup of tea or coffee for a mid morning or afternoon snack. While it may look like a bread loaf, it's decidedly more cake-like in nature, similar in consistency to a muffin.

One of the reasons I love this basic recipe so much - besides the fact that it's absolutely delicious - is that it a great starting point to add in other flavors. I like to top it with a lemon drizzle, add dried fruit and even spices. Basically, whatever comes to mind!

And because it's such a quick and simple recipe, it's one that my kids love to bake. We bake together as a family a lot. I want my boys to know their way around the kitchen when they are older so they always help me when they can.

Recently, my 2 year old has taken a real shining to baking in particular and since this recipe is so quick to make and requires few ingredients, it's a perfect one for him to feel like he's baking by himself. Usually, I pre-measure the ingredients and then let him "measure" them himself and add them to the bowls.

When we are done baking, he helps me clean the kitchen too...but not before he makes even more of a mess! Luckily, even if he doesn't do such a great job of cleaning up his messes (he is only 2 and a half after all!) my Weiman cleaning products never fail me.

Sticky finger prints all over the dishwasher don't stand a chance with my favorite Weiman Stainless Steel Wipes. They are so incredibly easy to use - just wipe on in the direction of the grain and buff with the Microfiber Cloth. I use them several times a week on my other stainless appliances too, in particular my fridge that always has toddler fingerprints all over it!

I particularly like the wipes but my husband is partial to the spray bottle. They both work equally well!

Spilled milk and egg all over the stovetop are no match for the Weiman Glass Cooktop Heavy Duty Cleaner & Polish, which I use most nights after making dinner, too. For extra tough, burnt on food, the Cooktop Cleaning Kit comes with a scraper to help remove those stubborn messes.

And when the baking overflows all over inside of the oven (which is what happens when you overfill the loaf tin for this recipe...oops!!), Weiman's Oven & Grill Cleaner fixes burnt on messes in a jiffy.

Just spray it on, let it sit for anywhere from 2 - 10 minutes (depending on the mess), then wipe it off! It doesn't stick like other oven cleaners do and makes easy work of nasty oven grime. Easy peasy!

Ready to see us making memories? Watch the video below to see my cute little 2 year old baking sweet bread with me and just how we get the kitchen clean afterwards with the help of my Weiman products.

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Ready for the tea cake recipe? Remember, it only takes 5 minutes hands-on time to make. And if you've made it and enjoyed it, I'd appreciate if you could leave a rating below!