GRANDMOTHER'S SECRET TEA CAKE RECIPE WITH GLAZE

Light! Fluffy!  Perfect after dinner with a cup of tea or a mid-afternoon snack!!!

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter, soft

1/2 tsp. salt

1 tsp vanilla

3/4 c. sugar

2 1/2 tsp. baking powder

3/4 c. milk

2 eggs, separated

2/3c. sifted cake flour

1 1/3 cups graham cracker crumbs

Glaze:

1 cup powdered sugar whisked with 2 Tablespoons milk (add more sugar to thicken and more milk to thin it)

 

Directions:

In a mixer, combine butter, salt and vanilla and combine.  Add sugar and blend. Add the egg yolks.  Combine the flour, baking powder and graham cracker crumbs in a bowl.  Add this mixture to the mixer, alternating with the milk.  In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff and gently fold into the batter.  Pour into a buttered and floured bundt pan and bake at 375 for approx 20 mins or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.  Let cool and then glaze!