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In the UK they are served with afternoon tea, it's just a snack basically. You don't eat it in a special way with the tea like you described, the name is just a name because you're serving the tea and the cakes together.
Oh okay. That clears it up. I always wondered why they were called tea cakes as if you HAVE to eat it with tea or something.
So do tea cakes you eat with the tea? Like take a bite and sip a tea so they mix in your mouth? How does this tea snacks work?