Welsh cakes
Description
Welsh cakes are a type of skillet or griddle cakes, or drop scones, very well liked by children. Sprinkle with caster sugar before serving.
Ingredients
1 Cup flour 1 Teaspoon baking powder 1⁄2 Cup butter 3 Tablespoon sugar 1 egg (beaten) 1 Pinch mixed spice 2 Tablespoon currants (seedless raisins)
Instructions
- Rub butter into flour until it loosk like breacrumbs then add sugar, mixed spice and currants.
- Incorporate beaten egg and form into a stiff dough. Roll dough until 1/4 inch (6 mm) thick.
- Use cookie cutters to cut out shapes - round is traditional.
- Heat griddle over a medium heat. Rub a little butter.
- Cook each cake for 2 to 3 minutes on each side, rubbing butter on the griddle if necessary.
Notes
you can use one cup self-raising flour and omit baking powder.
Do you like them light? Sift the flour before rubbing with butter.
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Description
Welsh cakes are a type of skillet or griddle cakes, or drop scones, very well liked by children. Sprinkle with caster sugar before serving.
Ingredients
| 1 | Cup | flour |
| 1 | Teaspoon | baking powder |
| 1⁄2 | Cup | butter |
| 3 | Tablespoon | sugar |
| 1 | egg (beaten) | |
| 1 | Pinch | mixed spice |
| 2 | Tablespoon | currants (seedless raisins) |
Instructions
- Rub butter into flour until it loosk like breacrumbs then add sugar, mixed spice and currants.
- Incorporate beaten egg and form into a stiff dough. Roll dough until 1/4 inch (6 mm) thick.
- Use cookie cutters to cut out shapes - round is traditional.
- Heat griddle over a medium heat. Rub a little butter.
- Cook each cake for 2 to 3 minutes on each side, rubbing butter on the griddle if necessary.
Notes
you can use one cup self-raising flour and omit baking powder.
Do you like them light? Sift the flour before rubbing with butter.
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