Welsh Cakes

Welsh cakes (Welsh: picau ar y maen) are a popular cake in Wales that are similar to scones and Cornish Heavy cakes.

30 min · serves 24

Ingredients

• 450 g (2 cups or 1 lb) plain flour
• 225 g (1 cup or 8 oz) butter
• 170 g (¾ cup or 6 oz) castor sugar
• 4 eggs
• 85 g (3 oz) currants, sultanas, raisins or other dried fruit
• dash of milk
• pinch of salt

Steps

1. In a large mixing bowl, sift the flour then rub together with the butter and salt until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
2. Mix in sugar and dried fruit.
3. Add eggs one at a time, beating together until mixture forms a thick dough. If dough will not form, add a small amount of milk (i.e. a tablespoon).
4. Knead for two to three minutes until dough becomes cohesive and slightly elastic.
5. Roll dough out on a flat surface.
6. Cut 2–3-inch circles from the dough and fry
7. Preheat a griddle on high than lower it to medium-low (this is important to stop burning)
8. Griddle 2-4 minutes on each side until golden brown.

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Adapted from “Welsh Cakes” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.