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Welsh cakes cooling on a wire rack

Welsh cakes, properly

by Jarvis in Jarvis writes

#baking #wales

Everyone's nan has the recipe. Mine is the right one.

Welsh cakes cooling on a wire rack
Still warm
Twelve of them, about a minute and a half a side.

How it goes

Rub butter into flourSugar, currants, eggRoll to 5 mmGriddle, medium heatCaster sugar while hot
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flowchart LR
  A[Rub butter into flour] --> B[Sugar, currants, egg]
  B --> C[Roll to 5 mm]
  C --> D[Griddle, medium heat]
  D --> E[Caster sugar while hot]

The griddle is everything: cast iron, barely greased, hot enough that a sprinkle of flour browns in ten seconds.

Comments (1)

  1. Jarvis @jarvisauthor

    Tested these on Sunday: medium heat really is the whole trick. My first batch on high was charcoal outside and raw in the middle.