Rock cakes
Rock cakes

Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, rock cakes. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Rock cakes is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. Rock cakes is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

Rock cakes are a light, crumbly tea-time favourite. Eat while they are still warm from the oven. So easy to make, and lots of fun for children to join in too. Rock cakes are made from a simple dough made of self-rising flour, baking powder, butter, sugar, milk, and egg is studded with dried fruit, rolled into balls, and baked.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have rock cakes using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Rock cakes:
  1. Prepare 225 g self raising flour
  2. Get 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  3. Get pinch salt
  4. Make ready 115 g butter
  5. Get 140 g sultanas
  6. Get 1/2 tsp mixed spice
  7. Take 115 g sugar
  8. Get 1 egg
  9. Make ready splash milk

How long will Traditional Rock Cakes Keep? A rock cake, also called a rock bun, is a small cake with a rough surface resembling a rock. They were promoted by the Ministry of Food during the Second World War since they require fewer eggs and less sugar than ordinary cakes, an important savings in a time of strict rationing. Scottish housewives have been making these delicious little cakes for centuries.

Steps to make Rock cakes:
  1. Preheat oven to 190oC and grease a baking tray
  2. Sift together flour, spices and salt then rub in the butter to form breadcrumbs
  3. Add sultanas, sugar and mix well
  4. Add egg and enough milk to form a stiff dough
  5. Spoon into small piles on baking tray and bake for 15-20mins

They were promoted by the Ministry of Food during the Second World War since they require fewer eggs and less sugar than ordinary cakes, an important savings in a time of strict rationing. Scottish housewives have been making these delicious little cakes for centuries. The name rock cake comes from the fact that they are shaped like little outcrops of rocks, and has nothing whatsoever to do with the texture, which should be soft and melt-in-the-mouth sweet once you bite into them. Rock Cakes (Rock Buns) are a very simple but classic bake. Made with just a few store cupboard ingredients, they are very quick and easy to make and are perfect with a cup of tea!

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