Cranberry and Lime Welsh Cakes

Welsh cakes are incredibly moreish and to make mine I decided to add a delicious twist of flavours. My cranberry and lime Welsh cakes taste so good! You will want more than one!

To celebrate St David’s Day I made decided to try making something I never had before – Welsh cakes! Of course I decided to add my own twist. Cranberries and lime compliment each other so well and they make these Welsh cakes extra special. I know it’s not traditional but it is tasty.

 I think for my first ever go they worked incredibly well. The original recipe uses currants and mixed spice and twist used cranberries and ground ginger. I really loved making something that was a mix of a biscuit and cake that took minutes and didn’t need an oven.

Making the Cranberry and Lime Welsh Cakes

This recipe is based on a Mary Berry recipe and makes about 30-ish Welsh Cakes.
You’ll need a big mixing bowl, 3inch round cutter. I like that these could be made in any shape. I love a cookie cutter! Next time I really want to make these in a heart shape. They would be so cute.

Here are my gorgeous welsh cakes ready to be cooked. I loved seeing them all ready to be cooked. They smelled amazing.

 I really love this way to cook cakes! I love that they rose a little too. A really really satisfying bake. They are also super quick which makes them great in a hurry.

The Cranberry and Lime Welsh Cakes sprinkled with sugar. YUM YUM YUM.

 I’d never had a homemade Welsh Cake before I made these and I can totally see what the fuss is about. Delicious. They are now a family favourite.

 I’m already looking forward to making these again! I’m trying to work out what I can possibly add to them next time. I love trying new flavours.

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Cranberry and Lime Welsh Cakes

Welsh cakes are incredibly moreish and to make mine I decided to add a delicious twist of flavours. My cranberry and lime Welsh cakes taste so good! You will want more than one!

Prep Time15 mins

Cook Time5 mins

Total Time20 mins

Course: Bakes

Cuisine: British, Welsh

Keyword: Cranberry and Lime Welsh Cakes, easy welsh cakes, welsh cakes

Servings: 30 Welsh Cakes

Calories: 90kcal

Author: Sisley White

Ingredients

• 350 g plain flour
• 2 teaspoons of baking powder
• 175 g unsalted butter
• pinch of salt
• 120 g caster sugar plus extra for dusting with when cooked
• 60 g currants
• 40 g dried cranberries chopped up
• half a teaspoon of ground ginger
• half a teaspoon of ground mixed spice
• 1 large egg
• 2 tablespoons of milk

Instructions

• Sieve the flour, baking powder into a large bowl.
• Add the butter and rub the butter into the flour to make fine breadcrumbs.
• Stir in the sugar, pinch of salt, dried fruit and spice and mix in.
• In a jug lightly whisk the milk and egg until combined.
• Add the milk mix to the flour to make up a strong thick dough. You might need a little extra milk if the dough is too dry.
• Tip the dough on to a lightly floured work top and roll out to just shy of cm – if you want to be really precise about 5mm.
• Heat up a griddle or frying pan and on a low-medium heat add the cakes a few at a time – leave enough space for a spatula to get in to the pan to flip them.
• It takes a few minutes each side to brown. I checked every minute to see how brown they were and when the looked okay I flipped them. Suddenly these cake biscuits things have turned in to something like pancakes. I found my heavy based pan was too hot on a medium heat as I had a few burnt cakes but lowering the flame to low allowed them to cook fully and have a lovely golden brown appearance.
• Cook each side and then take off the heat and put on a cooling wrack and sprinkle with a little caster sugar.
• Enjoy x

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