tea cake
Afternoon social sweet
A tea cake is a small, sweet baked item served with tea, though what exactly it refers to varies by region.
In Britain, it's typically a light yeast bun with dried fruit, often toasted and buttered.
In the American South, tea cakes are simple, lightly sweetened cookies resembling sugar cookies: My grandmother's tea cakes were famous at church socials.
- sconeSmall crumbly teatime bread
- biscuitSmall baked quick bread
- crumpetSpongy griddle bread
- shortbreadButtery, crumbly biscuit
- petits foursTiny decorated confections
petit four · madeleines · finger sandwich · clotted cream · jam · Earl Grey · china cup · doily · afternoon · dainty · icing · sponge · lemon drizzle · butter · sugar · raisins · currants · fondant
- teatime treatsscone, Victoria sponge, shortbread, crumpet, finger sandwiches
- British bakesteacakes, Bakewell tart, scones, scone, Chelsea bun
- Pu-erhraw, ripe, Yunnan, aged, bing
- coffee cakes
- pastriescroissant, danish, croissants, butter croissant, eclairs
- British Breadsbloomer, cottage loaf, cob, white bread, brown bread
tea cakewedding cake
Tiered matrimonial dessert
Black Forest cake · baked Alaska · cheesecake · torte · gateau
tea cakemain course
Primary dish served
entrée · dinner · Sunday roast · savory dish · roast dinner