Free Recipe Welsh Cakes
Recipe Type: Free Bread Recipes
Recipe Preparation: bake
Cooking Temperature:
Recipe Serves: 15
Ingredients for Welsh Cakes Recipe
1 lb Self-raising flour
4 oz Sultanas and raisins
2 oz Butter
2 Eggs
4 oz Sugar
1/3 pt Water
Welsh Cakes Preparation
On sale in every Welsh bakery, these are one of the great delights of teatime. The are easy to make. The Welsh use a flat iron planc (a griddle) to bake the cakes, which are cooked on top heat like Scotch pancakes. A heavy frying pan will do fine if you don’t have a griddle. Makes 15-18 cakes. Rub the fat into the flour and add the fruit and sugar. Mix the water with the eggs and use to make a soft dough just a little firmer than that for the scones. Tip on to a well-floured board and roll out to a thickness of 1/2-inch. Cut out circles with a 2-1/2-inch shell-edged cutter. Heat a planc or heavy iron frying pan – get the heat up into it gently and thoroughly, and do not let it overheat. If the pan is not well-seasoned or non-stick, slick it with a little butter or vegetable oil. Bake the cakes on the pan, turning them once, until well-risen and lightly browned. They will take about 5 minutes each side. Eat hot or cold, with or without salty butter, but always with a cup of piping-hot tea. Source: Philippa Davenport in Country Living (British), April 1989. Typed for you by Karen Mintzias
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