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Happy St David’s Day, today is the patron saint of Wales’ day and in order to celebrate I thought I would share a recipe for Welsh Cakes with you all:-

Welsh Cakes!!!

- 2 cups (260 grams) all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup (65 grams) granulated white sugar
- 2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon to 3/4 teaspoon of mixed spice to taste (alternatively you can use half and half cinnamon and mace)
- 1/2 cup (113 grams) cold unsalted butter
- 1/3 cup (50 grams) currants or raisins
- 1/4 cup (40 grams) chopped mixed peel (optional)
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 2 – 4 tablespoons milk

1) Sift dry ingredients into a large bowl mix through with a whisk to ensure an even mix..
2) Cut butter into small cubes and rub into dry ingredients until crumbed in texture.
3) Add fruit (and peel if using) and evenly mix
4) Create a well into the middle and add lightly beaten egg.
5) mix until you have a dough (add milk only if mixture is too dry, and add more flour if mixture is too wet)
6) Welsh Cake dough has a distinguished spicy aroma and once you gain experience with them this is a good guide to the end result.
7) roll dough flat until it is approx. 10mm thick (not exact but use best judgement)
8 ) either use a round cutter or cut into small squares (small squares will require much less re-rolling of the dough.)
9) Heat a griddle or large flat frying pan to a medium hot heat (lightly greased).
10) depending on size of cut-outs can be cooked in 4-5 cake batches.
11) once places on griddle watch for the base of each cake to start to turn white this will give you an indication of when the cake has browned sufficiently, turn over using a fish-slice/spatula and keep turning at regular intervals until moderately browned on both sides.
12) remove onto cooking tray and dust with some caster sugar.