How To Make Welsh Cakes In The Oven

What to serve with welsh cakes these cakes can be dusted with sugar and a little extra spice once they are baked and simply eaten as is or you can serve them with a variety of toppings.

How to make welsh cakes in the oven. Stir in the currants and mixed peel. Mix in the currants. Add the sugar and sultanas then stir in the egg. Then with your fingers rub in the butter and lard until crumbly.

Cook on a medium hot greased griddle pan for about 3 minutes on each side. Cut the cold butter into small pieces and blend into the flour mixture with a pastry blender two knives or your fingertips. 1 pinch of salt. 225g of self raising flour or 225g plain flour and 1 tsp baking powder.

If the surface is blonde turn the heat up a little. I use and love my lodge cast iron pan add the cakes and cook on each side until lightly browned about 3 4 minutes lower the heat if needed to prevent the outside from burning before the interior is done. Roll the dough to 1 4 inch on floured surface and cut with 3 inch rounds. The easiest way is to pop them in the toaster.

To test the temperature cook one welsh cake in the pan for a few minutes to act as a thermometer. Mix to a fairly stiff dough with the egg and milk. Drain the currants from their soaking water and stir them in. Add the almond milk one tablespoon at a time until a dry dough comes together.

Rub it with butter and wipe the excess away. 1 egg beaten with 3 tbsp milk. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface until it is 5mm in thick. Once the welsh cakes are done.

Remove from the pan. Heat and lightly butter a cast iron pan over medium heat. In a large bowl whisk together the flour sugar baking powder salt ground cinnamon and mace. To reheat welsh cakes.

Roll out about 5 mm inch in thickness and cut into rounds use a 6 5 cm or 2 1 2 inch cookie cutter gather up the trimmings and re roll to make more welsh cakes. When you ve got a golden cake after 4 minutes on each side. You now need a bakestone or a heavy iron griddle. The mixture should look like coarse crumbs.

Bake the cakes on a greased griddle or frying pan i use my electric skillet with just a little non stick spray over low heat until golden brown. If it s black turn the heat down leave for a few minutes for the heat to correct itself then try again. Cut out rounds using a 6cm. Whisk together all of the dry ingredients in a large bowl and then cut in the cold earth balance until you get what looks like course crumbs.

Cool and sprinkle with sugar. 50g of caster sugar plus extra for sprinkling. Method tip the flour sugar mixed spice baking powder and a pinch of salt into a bowl. 100g of butter or margarine plus extra for cooking.

These also freeze well.