Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, welsh cakes. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Welsh cakes is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Welsh cakes is something which I have loved my whole life.

Sift flour, baking powder and salt into bowl. Put in butter and lard and mix until resembles fine breadcrumbs. Stir in sugar and currants or raisins. Beat the eggs lightly and add to flour mixture with just enough milk to make a firm dough similar to shortcrust pastry.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have welsh cakes using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Welsh cakes:

1. Get 225 g self raising flour (or plain flour with 1/2 tsp of baking powder)
2. Make ready 85 g caster sugar (or granulated)
3. Take 100 g soft butter, cut into small pieces
4. Get Handful currants (50g)
5. Prepare A few other dried fruit (optional) - I used chopped cherries
6. Get 1 egg, beaten
7. Make ready 1/2 tsp mixed spice
8. Take Splash milk
9. Make ready Pinch salt

A heavy frying pan works well, but take care not to let the sugar in your Welsh cakes burn. A very authentic and traditional Welsh Cakes recipe Unforgettably flaky, tender, almost melt-in-your-mouth texture that's punctuated with sweet currants and laced with a wonderful hint of mace, these Welsh cakes are simply irresistible! Traditional Welsh cakes recipe Hello, my name is Kathryn Gunter, and I used to run The Market Bakery in Abergavenny market. It's a very traditional bakers, providing a wide selection of breads and homemade cakes, including Welsh cakes, Bara Brith and Teisen Lap.

Instructions to make Welsh cakes:

1. Prepare ingredients
2. Put the flour and butter into a bowl and rub together until crumbly
3. Add the currants, mixed spice and salt.
4. Mix the beaten egg into the mixture until the dough is soft. Add just a splash of milk if it seems too dry
5. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured work surface to the thickness of your little finger (5mm).
6. Cut out rounds using a 6cm cutter (or smaller if you prefer).
7. Grease a heavy frying pan and place over a medium heat. Cook the Welsh cakes for about 3 mins on each side until golden brown and cooked through.
8. Serve with butter and jam or a sprinkling of sugar.

Traditional Welsh cakes recipe Hello, my name is Kathryn Gunter, and I used to run The Market Bakery in Abergavenny market. It's a very traditional bakers, providing a wide selection of breads and homemade cakes, including Welsh cakes, Bara Brith and Teisen Lap. I was born in Abergavenny and live within the town. Denise & Joe Carbone, owners of The Welsh Baker company welcome you to our online store. We've been making our humble little cakes entirely by hand from an old family recipe handed down in Denise's family.

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