Welsh Cakes for St David’s Day

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I can’t let the first of March pass without sharing my Mother in Law’s Welsh cakes with you! I’m not Welsh but Mr TS  is, we met in Wales and I first tasted these delicious squashed scones nearly 25 years ago courtesy of his lovely Mum. When she retired from teaching and lecturing she and my father in law took the opportunity to travel to some of the places they had dreamed about. Everywhere they went a batch of Welsh cakes went with them – they took Welsh cakes to The Pyramids ‘just in case’, it makes me giggle a bit but only because it is so ‘them’ and I love them.

It’s Mr TS’s birthday on Saturday, if he had been born a day earlier he would have been David!

A pile of Welsh cakes in a tin.

 

 

Welsh Cakes for St David’s Day
 
Author: thinly Spread
Serves: 16
Ingredients
  • 225g Self Raising Flour, sifted
  • 60g Caster Sugar
  • 1tsp Mixed Spice
  • 120g Butter, diced
  • 75g Sultanas (I usually chuck them in, so that is a rough weight)
  • 1 Egg, beaten
  • A little milk
Instructions
  1. Combine the flour, sugar and mixed spice in a large bowl
  2. Rub the butter in with your finger tips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs
  3. Add the fruit and egg
  4. Mix to a dough adding a little milk if necessary
  5. Roll out on a floured surface and cut into rounds with a 6cm fluted cutter
  6. Heat a heavy based non stick pan or a skillet until very hot (I have always wanted a skillet, tradition says you can’t make Welsh cakes properly without them. It’s not true but I’d still like one) add a dash of rapeseed/sunflower oil and cook the Welsh cakes in batches. They need 2-3 minutes on each side until richly brown but make sure they don’t burn.
  7. I keep mine in a tea towel while I cook the rest of them. Eat them warm with a nice cup of tea or let them cool and pop them in a tin for later.
 

 

 

6 Comments

    • Chris Mosler on February 29, 2016 at 2:05 pm

      I suppose they are Michelle but I’m not sure that does them justice! 😀

      Reply
  2. HELEN on February 25, 2015 at 6:28 pm

    I definitely need to try these. I love welsh cakes but have never made them myself!

    Reply
  3. Choclette on March 2, 2016 at 9:43 pm

    Those look just gorgeous Chris. The only time I tried making Welsh cakes, I burnt them, so I really must make some that look a little more palatable. Love the idea of Welsh Cakes at the pyramids.

    Reply
    • Chris Mosler on March 3, 2016 at 9:16 am

      I like a well travelled Welsh cake – I may need to take up the baton and take them with me wherever I go!

      Reply

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