Cinnamon Tea Cake

Another recipe from ''Possum Pie, Beetroot Beer and Lamingtons: Australian Family''. Original Source: Miss Elsie Burrows, Orange - The Orange Recipe Gift Book, compiled by the ladies of Orange District Hospital Auxiliary and their friends. (1930s) Another old time favourite than my Nan used to bake.

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Serves: 6-8

Ingredients

• Cinnamon Tea Cake Ingredients

• 1  tablespoon butter
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 cup milk
• 1  dash vanilla essence
• 1  cup plain flour
• 1  teaspoon baking powder

• Topping Ingredients

• 1  teaspoon cinnamon
• 1  teaspoon sugar
• 1  teaspoon coconut
•  butter

Directions

1. Beat 1 tablespoon of butter with the cup sugar, add well-beaten egg, cup milk, and a little vanilla essence. Stir in plain flour with the baking powder. Bake in a well-buttered sandwich tin, about 20 minutes, in a moderate oven. See Note *
2. Topping Directions: Mix the cinnamon, sugar and desiccated cocoanut.
3. When cake is cooked, turn out, and while hot spread with butter and sprinkle with cinnamon mixture on top.
4. Note: *Moderate oven: 180°C or 170°C fan-forced.