Welsh Cakes

In recognition of my husband's background (his grandparents came from Wales), I thought I would give these traditional Welsh cakes a try for St David's day. St David's motto "Be joyful, keep the faith and do the little things in life". Sounds good to me!

Ingredients:

2 1/8 cups flour

1 1/2 tsps baking powder

1/2 tsp allspice

1/2 cup cold butter

1/3 cup sugar

1/2 cup currants, raisins or dried cranberries

1 egg, beaten

3-4 tbsps buttermilk or 10% cream

spray oil

 

First sift the flour, baking powder and allspice together. Then use a box grater to shred the cold butter and toss it into the dry mixture with a fork. Add the sugar and raisins. (I used raisins but currants are used in the traditional recipe).

Finally, add the egg and milk. Stir, then use your fingertips to blend and just hold together. You don't want to overwork the dough and warm the butter. Dust a work surface with flour and roll the dough to 1/3" thickness and use a 2-3" cutter to cut out the cakes. Gather the scraps and fashion them into cakes as well though they won't look quite as nice.

If you are not quite ready to fry these up pop them in the fridge a few minutes to keep the butter cold.

Heat a griddle or pan to medium and spray with cooking oil. Fry the Welsh cakes on one side for 3-4 minutes then flip and fry an additional 3-4 minutes watching that they don't burn. The internal temperature should read about 195-200°F when cooked.

You can sprinkle some sugar over top the warm cakes and serve right away. Store leftovers in an airtight container and gently re-heat in air fryer or microwave.

Makes 18

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