Welsh Cakes

published by westrea on Jan 17, 2011

My easy recipe for making Welsh Cakes.

Yes, I have Welsh blood, my great grandparents were Welsh from the Valleys, and despite the Welshness being completely diluted I love traditional Welsh food.  So here is one of my favourite recipes:

Ingredients:

  • 8oz self raising flour
  • 4oz butter at room temperature
  • 3oz caster sugar
  • ½ tsp mixed spice
  • 3oz sultanas or mixed fruit
  • 1 Egg
  • Extra caster sugar or icing sugar for dusting

Makes about 15 depending on size of cutter and thickness.

Method:

  1. Measure out and sift all the dry ingredients into a bowl (flour, sugar, spice)
  2. Rub in the butter by hand or use a processor until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs
  3. Add in the sultanas or mixed fruit.
  4. Beat the egg and add to the bowl.
  5. Bring the mixture together, you may have to use your hands for this.  If the mixture is too dry and doesn’t look like it’s going to create a dough, then add a little milk.  
  6. Prepare a surface to roll the dough out on with a little flour.  Roll the dough to about ¼ inch or 5mm thick.
  7. Use cutters to make rounds and put to one side for a few minutes.
  8. Find a large flat bottomed frying pan or skillet.  Lightly grease with unsalted butter and warm to a medium heat.  Add 4-5 of the dough circles and cook on both sides for 3-4 mins.  Keep a watch on them at about 2 minutes so that they do not burn.
  9. When nicely browned on both sides, remove from the pan and place on a wire tray to cool for a few minutes.
  10. They then can be dusted with caster or icing sugar and probably eaten before they have time to cool!

Other variations are:Apple and Cinnamon, Orange and Chocolate, Lemon and Ginger. 

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