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Welsh Cakes ~ Anne Squires

Welsh cakes can be made in a frying pan but I have my mother's
bakestone which helps me still to feel close to her. I also have fond
memories of my aunt making them over the open fire in the kitchen
of a Welsh mining cottage. The smell was delicious!

Ingredients:
8 oz self-raising flour (approx 250 g in new
money)
1 teaspoon baking powder
4 oz / 125 g margarine
3 oz / 90 g Fairtrade sugar

3 oz / 90 g Fairtrade raisins
½ teaspoon Fairtrade mixed spice
1 egg beaten
1 or 2 tablespoons milk if needed Starters | Soups | Main Meals | Desserts | Cakes | Biscuits, etc

Method:
à sift flour and baking powder into bowl. Rub in margarine until
as fine as breadcrumbs
à add sugar, raisins and spice. Mix together

à mix to a soft dough with the egg. You may need a small
amount of milk

à roll out on floured board till approx ¼ inch Use 3" round
cutter to cut out approx 12 cakes

à grease frying pan or bakestone and heat it. When it is hot
cook the cakes in batches until they are golden brown on
each side, approx 3 minutes each side
à cool on a wire rack. Some like them buttered or with icing
sugar sprinkled over, but we prefer them warm and just as
they are

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