Welsh Cakes

Name: Welsh Cakes
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Welsh
Ingredients: 2 cups self-raising flour; 1/2 cup caster sugar; 1 tsp mixed spice; 100g cold butter, cubed; 1/2 cup currants; 1 egg; 3-4 tbsp milk; caster sugar to dust

Flat griddle scones flecked with currants — a Welsh afternoon tea staple. Cooking them on a griddle rather than in the oven gives Welsh cakes their distinctive flat shape and lightly toasted, not baked, crust.

Total time

25 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

10 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Welsh

vegetarian

Ingredients

2 cupsself-raising flour

1/2 cupcaster sugar

1 tspmixed spice

100gcold butter, cubed

1/2 cupcurrants

1egg

3-4 tbspmilk

caster sugarto dust

Instructions

Mix flour, sugar and spice. Rub in butter until breadcrumb texture.

Stir in currants. Add egg and enough milk to make a soft but not sticky dough.

Roll to 1cm thick. Cut out rounds with a 7cm cutter.

Cook on a lightly greased griddle or frying pan over medium-low heat 3-4 minutes per side until golden.

Dust immediately with caster sugar.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

528

Protein

8.2g

Fat

22.7g

Carbs

74.7g

Fiber

Sodium

403mg

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