Lemon Drop Tea Cakes

One of my favorite things about owning a Tea Room is getting to express my creativity. Whether it is in creating new teas, merchandise, gardens, vignettes or recipes. Here is our beautiful Server Extraordinaire, Miss Amber, holding a partial batch of my new recipe, Lemon Drop Tea Cakes. I am happy to share my recipe with you! (They are so easy to make and taste so refreshing in the summer!)

Reba's Lemon Drop Tea Cakes

2/3 cup Butter, softened

1 cup granulated sugar

2 Tablespoons Lemon Flavoring

2 Eggs, beaten

2 Tablespoons Baking Powder

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

Mix butter, sugar, flavoring and eggs together and beat with an electric mixer until light and creamy. Add remaining ingredients and drop by 1/2 teaspoon (each dollop of dough will be about the size of a small melon ball er) onto a lined cookie sheet. Bake at 400 degrees for about 6 to 7 minutes. Cool on a cookie rack. Makes about 150 tiny tea cakes. When completely cooled, frost with the following frosting recipe. ( I use a large cake decorating tip to make the frosting look like a candy kiss.)

Lemon- Cream Cheese Frosting

Two 8oz packages of Cream Cheese, Softened

2 1/2 cups Powdered Sugar

2 Tablespoons Lemon Flavoring

a few drops of yellow food coloring.

Begin by beating the cream cheese till smooth, continue beating while adding the powdered sugar, a little at a time, the lemon flavoring and the food coloring. Frost the tea cakes and

Enjoy your Tea Party!!!