Rock Cakes
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
20
ingredients
- 8 ounces cake flour
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon mixed spice
- 1 egg
- 3 ounces butter or 3 ounces margarine
- 3 ounces sugar
- 3 ounces dried fruit
- milk (to mix)
- water (to mix)
directions
- Preheat oven to Gas 6/400F degrees.
- Grease a baking sheet.
- Put flour, salt, spice, butter/margarine in processer/mixer and mix.
- Add egg and sugar and mix again.
- Add enough milk/water to bind the mixture (if the mixture is too soft the cakes will flatten and spread).
- FOLD in the dried fruit.
- Put on the baking sheet in small rough heaps.
- Bake for 15 minutes.
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Reviews
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I've never eaten rock cakes, but I've heard them mentioned in British TV programs many times. They are very tasty! Not too sweet. I used 1 oz. craisins, 1 oz. raisins, and 1 oz. diced apricots. We couldn't taste the spices at all, though we did smell it while they were baking. I would add vanilla extract. This recipe is VERY quick to put together (I used a stand mixer). I was a little surprised that there was no measurement for the milk/water - I put about 1/3 cup milk and 1/4 cup water in a cup, and poured it in a little at a time, and I had a few TB left in the cup when the dough came together. They did not spread very much. I got 22 little cakes. Next time I think I'll use half brown sugar and half white, and use chopped walnuts, dried cherries and chocolate chips instead of all fruit. Great recipe for a quick treat to add to a brunch table or with afternoon tea, and easy to change to suit your tastes. Thank you Angela!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Angela Sara
United Arab Emirates