Old Fashioned Eggless Tea Cakes
This eggless old fashioned tea cake recipe was my great-great-grandmother’s recipe. You know it's a good southern recipe if people have been making it for over 200 years!
Servings 36
Ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup butter room temperature
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- 4 cups flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add in buttermilk and vanilla and mix.
- Gradually add in baking soda, baking powder, and flour. (Note: You may not need the entire 4 cups. You’ll have to watch your dough and stop adding in flour when it’s ready.)
- Wrap dough in plastic wrap and freeze for 30 minutes.
- Roll dough flat (about 1/8” thick) and use cookie cutters.
- Bake for 11-15 minutes.