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Welsh Cakes

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Welsh cakes with a little adult twist

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Ingredients

  • 280g plain flour
  • 150g granulated sugar
  • 2 teaspoon baking powder
  • orange/lemon zest
  • 1 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 115g unsalted butter
  • 100g currants
  • 20g Glace Cherries
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • kirch or limonchello

Details

servings 30
Level of difficulty Easy
Preparation time 25mins
Cooking time 10mins
Cost Average budget

Preparation

Step 1

Soak the currants and glace cherries in your choice of kirch (cherry liquer) or limonchello (lemon liquer)

Step 2

Whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder, zest, nutmeg and salt in a bowl. Rub the butter into the mixture until grainy and then mix in the cherries and currants until evenly mixed

Step 3

Beat the eggs and milk together and then mix into together with stage 2's results, place this into the fridge for an hour to cool

Step 4

Roll evenly 1/2 cm thick and cut with a circular pastry cutter to make the cakes

Step 5

Heat on a low heat in a buttered frying pan for 5 minutes per side until golden and cooked through, place aside and sprinkle with icing sugar to serve.

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