Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, welsh cakes. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Welsh Cakes is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Welsh Cakes is something that I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
Welsh Cakes are the perfect breakfast on the feast day of their native country's patron saint, St. The recipe doesn't clearly state this, but when baked on a griddle, these scones have to be flipped so as to end up with two bottoms. In the suggested quantity I think that is overpowering. Traditionally, the spice used was Mace, which is a related milder spice, but it's.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have welsh cakes using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Welsh Cakes:
- Make ready A. Pulsed in Food Processor
- Make ready 2 C Self-raising flour
- Prepare 1/3 C castor/ fine sugar
- Make ready 1/2 tsp ground mace (or mixed spice/nutmeg powder)
- Prepare 1/8 tsp ground cinnamon
- Prepare 110 g chilled salted butter - cubed / or animal fat
- Get B. 👇🏻
- Get 1/2 C dried raisins/sultanas - coarsely chopped
- Take C. 👇🏻
- Prepare 1 large egg - lightly beaten
- Get 1/3 C full cream milk (or as needed)
- Prepare To Coat Cooked Cakes 👇🏻 (optional)
- Make ready Granulated sugar - optional
- Prepare Note
- Prepare 1 . Mace is a lacy thin layer of nutmeg seed that is then dried and ground into powder
- Take 2 . Mace is available from Indian or Asian shops. If you cant find mace, alternate it with nutmeg powder
- Make ready 3 . Both butter and animal fat can be used in this recipe. Use either one or both (55g salted butter + 55g animal fat for aromatic cakes)
Add milk and egg; stir just until moistened. Remove from the pan and dust with caster sugar while still warm. Using a pastry blender or your fingers, cut in butter until mixture is a sandy consistency. Stir in currants, candied citrus peel, egg, and milk until a soft dough forms.
Instructions to make Welsh Cakes:
- A - In a food processor, combine A (flour, sugar, mace, cinnamon and butter). Blitz or pulse until it resembles coarse crumbs. Transfer to a mixing bowl.
- B. Add chopped raisins (or sultanah, even dried cranberries). Stir to mix.
- C - Next, add beaten egg, and 1/3 cup of milk (or as needed) and knead until you have a soft dough. Shape the dough right away or you can Wrap the dough and refrigerate for 30mins or until ready to use.
- Next, Spread a layer of cling wrap or cling film on a tabletop (30-40cm in length). Roll the dough out onto the mid section of the cling wrap. Take the end or tip of wrap and put it on the dough. See pic below. Then, roll to the thickness of a toddler finger. Cut out round using a biscuit cutter. Re-roll all the trimmings and cut all into round discs. Alternatively you can roll the dough out between two sheets of parchment to a thickness of about 1 inch or less
- Cooking the cakes - Heat and lightly butter a non-stick or cast iron pan over medium heat. Add the cakes and cook on each side until lightly browned, abt 3 - 4 mins. Use the lowest heat so the cakes are well cooked.
- Leave to cool slightly before coating them with sugar (optional). Serve warm as it it or with dollop of cream or your preferred jam. My kids love them with butter spread. Left over Welsh cakes kept well in airtight container. Always Microwave (reheat) before serving.
- Ready to serve and ENJOY!
Using a pastry blender or your fingers, cut in butter until mixture is a sandy consistency. Stir in currants, candied citrus peel, egg, and milk until a soft dough forms. The Welsh Cakes were originally called "picau ar y maen" or "cakes on the stone." They are one of the most popular Welsh treats and the favorite food of so many in Wales. CROESO! (WELCOME!) Denise & Joe Carbone, owners of The Welsh Baker company welcome you to our online store. We've been making our humble little cakes entirely by hand from an old family recipe handed down in Denise's family.
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