Tender Irish Tea Cake / Lemon Glazed

• Vegetarian

• Produce

  • 1 cup Raisins

• Refrigerated

  • 2 Eggs

• Condiments

  • 1 1/4 tbsp Lemon juice, fresh

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 1/4 tsp Baking powder
  • 1 3/4 cup Cake flour - i spooned it into the cup
  • 1/2 cup Powdered sugar
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 2 tsp Vanilla extract

• Dairy

  • 3/4 cup Butter, unsalted
  • 2/3 cup Buttermilk
  • 3 oz Cream cheese

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Description

Ingredients

• 3/4 c unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 c sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 eggs, room temperature
• 3 oz cream cheese, room temperature
• 1 3/4 c cake flour - i spooned it into the cup
• 1 1/4 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 c raisins
• 2/3 c buttermilk
• 1/2 c powdered sugar
• 1 Tbsp + 1/2 tsp - fresh lemon juice

Directions

• 1Preheat oven to 325 degree F. Spray the bottom of a 9 inch bread pan with non stick cooking spray. Set aside. 2Cream the butter, sugar and vanilla together on medium speed with a mixer. 3Add eggs one at a time making sure that each is completely incorporated before adding the next. 4Mix in the cream cheese until well blended. 5In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. 6Take 1/4 cup of the flour mixture and mix in with the raisins to completely coat them. 7Add a small amount of the flour mixture into the batter and alternate with the buttermilk until both are incorporated. 8Mix the raisins into the batter with a spatula. 9Pour the batter into the sprayed bread pan and place into the preheated oven. Bake between 1 hour 10 minutes - 1 hour 30 minutes, depending how fast your oven bakes. Mine was done in 1 hour 10 minutes. Or until, pick comes out clean. 10While the cake is baking, combine the lemon juice with the powdered sugar to make a glaze. 11Remove the cake from the oven and allow it to rest for 10 minutes. Then remove the cake from the pan and transfer it to a wire rack to cool completely. 12When the cake is still warm, glaze the top with the lemon juice glaze and allow it to cool.