Traditional Welsh Cakes
Traditional Welsh Cakes

Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, traditional welsh cakes. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Traditional Welsh Cakes is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Traditional Welsh Cakes is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

Welsh cakes (Welsh: picau ar y maen, pice bach, cacennau cri or teisennau gradell), also bakestones or pics, are traditional in Wales. A very authentic and traditional Welsh Cakes recipe. Unforgettably flaky, tender, almost melt-in-your-mouth texture that's punctuated with sweet currants and laced with a wonderful hint of mace. I grew up eating Welsh Cakes.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook traditional welsh cakes using 5 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Traditional Welsh Cakes:
  1. Prepare 275 g self rising flour
  2. Get 150 g sugar
  3. Take 105 g butter or lacto free spread
  4. Get 100 g raisins or currants
  5. Prepare 2 eggs

This traditional and authentic Welsh cakes recipe is one of the best cakes to come out of Wales. Great for breakfast or snacks. #welshcakes #pastry #currants. Traditional Welsh Cakes Recipe from Mary Berry. Welsh cakes are delightfully rustic, delicate, and delicious.

Steps to make Traditional Welsh Cakes:
  1. Add 250g of the flour to a mixing bowl.
  2. Measure in 100g of the butter.
  3. Mix well, I like to use my fingers.
  4. Add in the currants and 100g of sugar and mix.
  5. Add the eggs and mix.
  6. Create a thin layer of flour on a surface you don't mind cutting. Dust the rolling pin.
  7. Lay out the mixture to the thickness of the currants. Use more flour if required.
  8. Begin to cut into rounds.
  9. Repeat rolling and cutting till there is no mixture left.
  10. Use butter to apply to the bake stone putting on full heat.
  11. Sprinkle the cakes with sugar. When the stone is hot, place the cakes sugar side down, and sprinkle more sugar.
  12. Flip the cakes half way.
  13. Place the cakes on a cooling tray and sprinkle with more sugar on each side.
  14. Repeat until all the cakes are cooked.
  15. Serve, usually with a cup of tea!

Traditional Welsh Cakes Recipe from Mary Berry. Welsh cakes are delightfully rustic, delicate, and delicious. They're like a cross between a scone and the fluffiest of pancakes–perfect with a cup of tea. 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.

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