Welsh cakes
Welsh cakes

Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, welsh cakes. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Welsh cakes (Welsh: picau ar y maen, pice bach, cacennau cri or teisennau gradell), also bakestones or pics, are traditional in Wales. I grew up eating Welsh Cakes. My Welsh grandmother would often make them using her very heavy cast iron griddle pan, and I would eat them as fast as she could make them, spreading some lovely.

Welsh cakes is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Welsh cakes is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook welsh cakes using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Welsh cakes:
  1. Make ready 225 g self raising flour (or plain flour with 1/2 tsp of baking powder)
  2. Prepare 85 g caster sugar (or granulated)
  3. Make ready 100 g soft butter, cut into small pieces
  4. Get Handful currants (50g)
  5. Make ready A few other dried fruit (optional) - I used chopped cherries
  6. Get 1 egg, beaten
  7. Make ready 1/2 tsp mixed spice
  8. Prepare Splash milk
  9. Prepare Pinch salt

A very authentic and traditional Welsh Cakes recipe. Unforgettably flaky, tender, almost melt-in-your-mouth texture that's punctuated with sweet currants and laced with a wonderful hint of mace. Welsh Cakes are very similar to a scone, only instead of baking them in the oven they are cooked on a griddle. Welsh Cakes have a lovely golden brown outer crust, yet inside they are wonderfully soft.

Steps to make Welsh cakes:
  1. Prepare ingredients
  2. Put the flour and butter into a bowl and rub together until crumbly
  3. Add the currants, mixed spice and salt.
  4. Mix the beaten egg into the mixture until the dough is soft. Add just a splash of milk if it seems too dry
  5. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured work surface to the thickness of your little finger (5mm).
  6. Cut out rounds using a 6cm cutter (or smaller if you prefer).
  7. 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.
  8. Serve with butter and jam or a sprinkling of sugar.

These Welsh Cakes are lovely served warm with some butter and jam, or simply with a sprinkle of sugar. Welsh Cakes,are often known as Bakestones - they also have lots of other names in Welsh including Picau Ar Y Maen, Pice Bach Ar Y Maen, Cacen Gri and Teisen Radell! These Welsh cakes are scone-like teacakes are delightfully rustic and informal, while also managing to be delicate and delicious. "Splashes" of milk are added to make the. Welsh cakes from Jamie's Great Britain They can be frozen after you've cut them out. Great for camping because they cook on a griddle!

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