Baked on the stove top rather than the oven, Welsh cakes are super easy and simple to make. They're crisp on the outside, soft and buttery on the inside and incredibly moreish.
Prep Time20 minutesmins
Cook Time6 minutesmins
Total Time26 minutesmins
Course: Afternoon Tea, Snack
Cuisine: Welsh
Keyword: cakes, dried fruit, quick, scones, wholemeal spelt flour
In a large bowl rub the butter into the flour, baking powder and spice with your fingers until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
250 g wholemeal spelt flour, 2 tsp baking powder, ½ tsp allspice, 125 g salted butter - cold but cut into pieces
Stir in the sugar and currants.
60 g golden caster sugar, 60 g currants
Make a well in the centre and break in the egg. Add the yoghurt and 1 tbsp of water. Stir from the inside out with a flat bladed knife until the dough starts to come together. Add a little more water if needed.
1 free-range egg, 2 tbsp natural yoghurt, 1-2 tbsp water
Bring the dough together with your hands. It should be soft, but not too sticky.
Roll out on a floured board to about 1 cm thick and stamp into 6 cm rounds. Gather all the bits into a ball, re-roll and stamp out until you have no dough left..
Heat a cast iron pan or non-stick pan to a medium heat then place as many rounds as will fit in it.
Bake for 3 minutes on one side, then flip over and bake for a further 3 minutes. The cakes should be nicely browned and risen by about a half.
Place onto a cold plate and sprinkle with a little caster sugar.
Repeat the process until all the dough has been used.
Notes
Best eaten warm from the pan and definitely on the day of baking, but can be frozen if needed.Please note: calories and other nutritional information are per serving. They're approximate and will depend on exact ingredients used.