Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, welsh cakes. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Welsh Cakes is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Welsh Cakes is something which I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook welsh cakes using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Welsh Cakes:

1. Get A. Pulsed in Food Processor
2. Make ready 2 C Self-raising flour
3. Make ready 1/3 C castor/ fine sugar
4. Prepare 1/2 tsp ground mace (or mixed spice/nutmeg powder)
5. Get 1/8 tsp ground cinnamon
6. Take 110 g chilled salted butter - cubed / or animal fat
7. Prepare B. 👇🏻
8. Prepare 1/2 C dried raisins/sultanas - coarsely chopped
9. Get C. 👇🏻
10. Take 1 large egg - lightly beaten
11. Prepare 1/3 C full cream milk (or as needed)
12. Make ready To Coat Cooked Cakes 👇🏻 (optional)
13. Get Granulated sugar - optional
14. Get Note
15. Make ready 1 . Mace is a lacy thin layer of nutmeg seed that is then dried and ground into powder
16. Take 2 . Mace is available from Indian or Asian shops. If you cant find mace, alternate it with nutmeg powder
17. Get 3 . Both butter and animal fat can be used in this recipe. Use either one or both (55g salted butter + 55g animal fat for aromatic cakes)

Steps to make Welsh Cakes:

1. A - In a food processor, combine A (flour, sugar, mace, cinnamon and butter). Blitz or pulse until it resembles coarse crumbs. Transfer to a mixing bowl.
2. B. Add chopped raisins (or sultanah, even dried cranberries). Stir to mix.
3. C - Next, add beaten egg, and 1/3 cup of milk (or as needed) and knead until you have a soft dough. Shape the dough right away or you can Wrap the dough and refrigerate for 30mins or until ready to use.
4. Next, Spread a layer of cling wrap or cling film on a tabletop (30-40cm in length). Roll the dough out onto the mid section of the cling wrap. Take the end or tip of wrap and put it on the dough. See pic below. Then, roll to the thickness of a toddler finger. Cut out round using a biscuit cutter. Re-roll all the trimmings and cut all into round discs. Alternatively you can roll the dough out between two sheets of parchment to a thickness of about 1 inch or less
5. Cooking the cakes - Heat and lightly butter a non-stick or cast iron pan over medium heat. Add the cakes and cook on each side until lightly browned, abt 3 - 4 mins. Use the lowest heat so the cakes are well cooked.
6. Leave to cool slightly before coating them with sugar (optional). Serve warm as it it or with dollop of cream or your preferred jam. My kids love them with butter spread. Left over Welsh cakes kept well in airtight container. Always Microwave (reheat) before serving.

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