Classic Cinnamon Tea Cake

This Classic Cinnamon Tea Cake is perfect for when you have guests popping in for afternoon tea, this simple but classic Cinnamon tea cake is light and delicious!

Ingredients (makes 1 Cake)

180g Butter, cubed at room temp
3/4 cup Caster sugar
1 tsp Vanilla extract
2 Eggs
1 1/4 cups SR flour
1/4 cup Plain flour
2 tsp Ground cinnamon
1/2 cup Milk
1 TBS Caster sugar extra
1 tsp Ground cinnamon extra
1 TBS Melted butter

Method

Before you start mixing up your Cinnamon Tea Cake, preheat oven to 170°C. Grease and line a 20cm-round cake pan with baking paper. Beat butter, sugar and vanilla together until pale and creamy.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition
Sift flours and cinnamon together. Fold in alternately with milk in 2 batches.
Spoon into pan and smooth surface. Bake for 1 hour or until skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
Cool your Cinnamon Tea Cake in the pan for 15 minutes. Carefully turn out onto a wire rack. Mix extra sugar, cinnamon and melted butter together. Pour over cake and set aside to cool. Serve.

If you've tried this Classic Cinnamon Tea Cake Recipe, we'd love to hear your thoughts. Otherwise, if you have a variation on this recipe (or a suggestion to make it even better), let us know that too.

82 Comments

- - kjgarner said
  - 20 Dec 2019
    2:12 pm
This cake will be great with ice cream too

- - BellaB said
  - 01 Dec 2019
    7:11 pm
I love light cakes – thnk you.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 26 Nov 2019
    12:48 pm
Looks perfect for afternoon tea!

- - mom327228 said
  - 19 Nov 2019
    9:27 pm
A very good idea for tea time or for brunch as a dessert

- - OutbackRevue said
  - 09 Nov 2019
    1:28 am
That sounds (and looks) so light and fluffy! I’ve pinned it to try later – love a good tea cake!

- - mom212341 said
  - 08 Nov 2019
    11:27 pm
One of my fondest memories growing up was baking a cinnamon tea cake with my mum and grandma and being able to have my first cuppa tea with a slice of cake freshboutta the oven.

Will be trying this recipe thankyou xx

- - Jbuttxx said
  - 20 Oct 2019
    7:27 am
I cut this into slices and froze, defrosted really well in my lunch bag for a nice afternoon tea with my coffee 🙂

- - caramellosdream said
  - 05 Oct 2019
    8:11 pm
Looks delicious- can’t wait to give it a try

- - kathryn said
  - 28 Sep 2019
    11:13 am
I love cinnamon and will definitely be making this one for the next weekend coffee date

- - mom322089 said
  - 27 Sep 2019
    7:12 pm
This looks like my kind of cake as it doesn’t seem l like it would be overly sweet and I do really love the flavour of cinnamon. All the ingredients are pretty much what I would have in the cupboard and fridge to, without having to buy extras at the shops.

- - Mummyofone77 said
  - 26 Sep 2019
    4:16 am
This looks very moist. I think I’d add some apples or berries to it when I try. I’ll let you all know how it goes

- - mom81879 said
  - 25 Sep 2019
    11:22 am
Mmmmmm, think I might add some apple to this and it’s nearly a perfect cake. Picturing it served warm with whipped cream. So lush

- - cherz said
  - 20 Sep 2019
    11:17 am
OH CINNAMON so good for you. And can just picture the aroma. yumm. thanks.

- - mom64203 said
  - 17 Sep 2019
    10:11 am
Excited to give this one a go! Our family love a good cinnamon tea cake. This looks & sounds delicious & moist.

- - mrsnaomiwalton@gmail.com said
  - 13 Sep 2019
    8:45 pm
Oo thanks love the simplicity. Going to enjoy this for our weekend baking adventure

- - Mum To Two said
  - 11 Sep 2019
    8:18 am
Oh I love a good tea cake! I’ll make this one with my boys! Yum!

- - mom325275 said
  - 08 Sep 2019
    5:28 pm
When i read the title i thought it had tea flavour in the cake

- - Blossom said
  - 06 Sep 2019
    8:30 pm
A lady I worked with used to put apple on the top just before putting it in the oven. If you put apple on it too soon it may go to the bottom of the cake.

- - mom90758 said
  - 02 Sep 2019
    4:02 pm
Cinnamon.. the kitchen must smell amazing while the cake is in the oven!!

- - AmbieBambi said
  - 28 Aug 2019
    8:47 pm
Love tea cake, will give this recipe a go