The difference between a tea cake and a snack cake is about as big as the difference between a sugar cookie and a Twinkie.

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Welsh cakes are a traditional tea-time treat that are really easy to make. Eat them warm from the stove, or store in an airtight container for up to a week. Sift the flour into a bowl and add the ...

Cake is good. Cake is lovely ... To make this loaf more appealing, fruit was added. It’s traditional to soak the fruit in tea before baking. The loaf made the headlines in 2006, when a ...

a really simple vanilla cake with an adornment of fresh nectarines for a party flourish. Turn it out for afternoon tea with friends. It’s not often that I find myself spurred to bake a cake ...