Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, welsh cakes. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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. Welsh cakes is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
Sift flour, baking powder and salt into bowl. Put in butter and lard and mix until resembles fine breadcrumbs. Stir in sugar and currants or raisins. Beat the eggs lightly and add to flour mixture with just enough milk to make a firm dough similar to shortcrust pastry.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook welsh cakes using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Welsh cakes:
- Get 225 g self raising flour (or plain flour with 1/2 tsp of baking powder)
- Prepare 85 g caster sugar (or granulated)
- Get 100 g soft butter, cut into small pieces
- Prepare Handful currants (50g)
- Prepare A few other dried fruit (optional) - I used chopped cherries
- Make ready 1 egg, beaten
- Take 1/2 tsp mixed spice
- Take Splash milk
- Take Pinch salt
Welsh cakes are cooked on a bakestone or maen—the stone on which they are griddled. Although bake stones are found in all the Celtic countries, only in Wales do they griddle these sweet cakes. A heavy frying pan works well, but take care not to let the sugar in your Welsh cakes burn. Traditional Welsh cakes recipe Hello, my name is Kathryn Gunter, and I used to run The Market Bakery in Abergavenny market.
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.
A heavy frying pan works well, but take care not to let the sugar in your Welsh cakes burn. Traditional Welsh cakes recipe Hello, my name is Kathryn Gunter, and I used to run The Market Bakery in Abergavenny market. It's a very traditional bakers, providing a wide selection of breads and homemade cakes, including Welsh cakes, Bara Brith and Teisen Lap. I was born in Abergavenny and live within the town. Denise & Joe Carbone, owners of The Welsh Baker company welcome you to our online store.
So that is going to wrap this up with this special food welsh cakes recipe. Thanks so much for reading. I am confident you will make this at home. There is gonna be more interesting food at home recipes coming up. Don’t forget to save this page on your browser, and share it to your family, friends and colleague. Thank you for reading. Go on get cooking!
