🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Welsh Cuisine

Cacennau Cri (Welsh Cakes)

Welsh Cakes

Prep Time 20 min
Servings 16
Difficulty Easy
Calories 117 kcal

Flat griddle-cooked spiced cakes with currants, dusted in caster sugar, crisp on the outside and soft within.

Ingredients

  • 225g self-raising flour
  • 100g cold butter, cubed
  • 75g caster sugar, plus extra for dusting
  • 50g currants
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1/2 tsp mixed spice
  • Pinch of salt
  • Splash of milk if needed

Instructions

  1. 1 Rub butter into flour and salt until it resembles fine breadcrumbs.
  2. 2 Stir in sugar, mixed spice, and currants.
  3. 3 Add beaten egg and mix to a firm dough, adding a splash of milk only if too dry.
  4. 4 Roll out to 5mm thickness on a floured surface. Cut rounds with a 7cm cutter.
  5. 5 Cook on a greased bakestone or heavy griddle over medium heat for 3 min each side until golden.
  6. 6 Dust generously with caster sugar while still warm. Serve immediately.

Did You Know?

Welsh cakes are never baked in an oven - they must be cooked on a bakestone (maen), which gives them their unique texture.

From The Culinary Codex — http://theculinarycodex.com/dish/welsh/welsh-cakes/