Traditional Welsh Cakes Recipe

A quick and easy recipe for fabulous traditional Welsh Cakes. You'll find a full written version and a free download of a printable version on Yellow Days: /

225g self-raising flour
a pinch of salt
100g butter (chilled and diced)
75g caster sugar (plus some for dusting at the end)
50g dried fruit (I use sultanas)
1 egg yolk
3tbs milk

Rub the butter into the flour and salt until it looks like crumbs then stir in the sugar and the fruit.

Mix together the egg yolk and the milk and add it to the flour mixture, bringing it together into a dough. It shouldn’t be sticky.
You may need to add a little more milk or flour to get it to the right consistency for rolling (depending mainly on the temperature of your kitchen and your hands).

Roll out the dough on a floured surface to about 1cm think. Cut out the cakes with a round cutter. I get about 18.

Heat your pan (or stone/griddle) to a medium temperature. You shouldn’t need to grease it as long as it is relatively ‘non-stick’.

Cook the cakes in batches until they are brown on the outside and slightly puffed up. It takes around 2 minutes per side. Don’t try and flip them over too soon as they are quite ‘floppy’ at that stage.

Remove to a plate and let them cool until you can just pick them up. Then dip both sides into a plate of caster sugar to lightly coat them.

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