Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, welsh cakes. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Welsh Cakes are the perfect breakfast on the feast day of their native country's patron saint, St. The recipe doesn't clearly state this but when baked on a griddle these scones have to be flipped so as to end up with two bottoms. In the suggested quantity I think that is overpowering.
Welsh cakes is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Welsh cakes is something which I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook welsh cakes using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Welsh cakes:
- Make ready 225 g self raising flour (or plain flour with 1/2 tsp of baking powder)
- Prepare 85 g caster sugar (or granulated)
- Take 100 g soft butter, cut into small pieces
- Prepare Handful currants (50g)
- Take A few other dried fruit (optional) - I used chopped cherries
- Prepare 1 egg, beaten
- Get 1/2 tsp mixed spice
- Prepare Splash milk
- Make ready Pinch salt
The cakes are also known as griddle cakes or bakestones within Wales because they are. Delicious served warm with butter and jam, or simply sprinkled with caster sugar. I love baking on my old griddle, it is about sixty years old and was my grandmother's, and many a pancake, hot cake, Welsh cake or singin' hinny I have seen my grandmother. Welsh cakes are a traditional tea-time treat that are really easy to make.
Instructions to make Welsh cakes:
- Prepare ingredients
- Put the flour and butter into a bowl and rub together until crumbly
- Add the currants, mixed spice and salt.
- Mix the beaten egg into the mixture until the dough is soft. Add just a splash of milk if it seems too dry
- Roll out the dough on a lightly floured work surface to the thickness of your little finger (5mm).
- Cut out rounds using a 6cm cutter (or smaller if you prefer).
- Grease a heavy frying pan and place over a medium heat. Cook the Welsh cakes for about 3 mins on each side until golden brown and cooked through.
- Serve with butter and jam or a sprinkling of sugar.
Eat them warm from the stove, or store in an airtight container for up to a week. Welsh Cakes ~ they're cooked on a griddle like a pancake, but can be eaten out of hand like a scone ~ these sweet, buttery little breakfast cakes are a Welsh tradition that deserve a spot on your brunch or tea table! Denise & Joe Carbone, owners of The Welsh Baker company welcome you to our online store. We've been making our humble little cakes entirely by hand from an old family recipe handed down in Denise's family. Think of a mini pancake or flat circular scone with sultanas/raisins, and dusted with caster sugar.
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