It's fast approaching St. David's Day (1st March) and one of my favourite delicacies at this time of year are Welsh cakes. There's nothing better than chomping down on a homemade, soft, currant-ladened, spiced Welsh cake; even better if it's still warm and straight from the bakestone.
Ingredients:
- 225g plain flour
- 85g caster sugar
- 1tsp mixed spice
- ½tsp baking powder
- 100g butter
- 50g currants
- 1 egg
- splash of milk
- Sift the flour into a bowl and add the sugar, mixed spice and baking powder.
- Add the softened butter, cut into small cubes, and rub together to form a breadcrumb-like texture.
- Stir in the currants.
- Whisk the egg separately and then add into the mixture to bind it, adding a splash of milk where needed if the mixture is too dry.
- Roll onto a floured surface to a thickness of around 1cm.
- Use round cutters (approximately 2" in diameter) to cut out Welsh cakes from the mixture, this should make around 15 Welsh cakes.
- Cook on a hot bakestone for around 3-5 minutes on a medium heat on each side, taking care not to the burn them.
- Remove from the bakestone and place on a rack to cool, sprinkling sugar on while still warm.
Non-Welsh people often ask me what Welsh cakes are like; they're not a biscuit or cookie, and not really a cake. Similar to a scone in appearance, they are more moist and spiced. Really, you need to try one to understand their wonders!
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Oooh these look lovely. A bit like a fruity spicy potato cake! X
Oh I love welsh cakes and these look utterly perfect! Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays lovely
I love welshcakes but don't have a bakestone, would a pan do or is the bakestone essential? Great recipe 🙂
A cast iron pan or non stick pan on a medium/low heat will do. I've done them on the bbq hotplate too.
I am so glad you posted this recipe as I was planning to make these with my children next Sunday for St David's day but I had no idea how as we had never made them before! They look delicious 🙂
think i'll try that as long as it's not too hot to use the stove, i shall be inflating my inflatable daffodil and digging deep for St David's day in Dubai
I think you may have just convinced me to make my own this year. Delicious!
I've just realised that despite the fact I live in Wales I've never tried welsh cakes! These look delicious so I really should give them a try. Off to pin so I don't forget.
Oh wow, they look delicious. I'm not sure I've ever had Welsh Cake before. We might be spending a day in Wales in April so I will have to hunt some out x
Oh yum! These sound delicious. Could you use a dry frying pan instead of a bakestone?
Thanks for linking up with #LittleChefs
I think you probably could, even though the recipes commonly call for a short cooking time quite high, I found it more effective to cook them slowly or they burnt badly.
We have just made some for the very first time using a pizza stone and a cooking time of 6 minutes in 180 oven! They are a little different but still divine. Thank you. I think my grandparents' recipe had more mixed spice in so we will experiment happily again for my mum's birthday tea at the weekend!
They look so delicious! So far I had only tried one welsh cake before. with this recipe, I could bake one soon! #pintorials