For this recipe you will ... 8in springform cake tin. Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4. Grease and flour a 20cm/8in springform cake tin. For the cake, crush the tea in a spice grinder ...

Chinese tea cakes, on the other hand, may take the form of spongy, steamed sweet potato patties, while classic southern U.S.

Elbert Mackey even wrote a whole book dedicated to tea cake stories and recipes called The Tea Cake Roundup. His book aims to ...