Rock cakes
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Makes 12
Skip to ingredients
- 220g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp mixed spice
- 125g salted buttercold and cubed
- 80g caster sugar
- 125g mixed dried fruit
- 1 large egg
- 1 orangezested
- 3 tbsp milk
- 1 tbsp demerara sugarfor sprinkling
Method
step 1
Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line a baking sheet with non-stick baking parchment. Tip the flour, baking powder and half the mixed spice into a bowl. Rub the butter into the flour until the mixture forms fine crumbs, you can also do this in the food processor.
step 2
Stir in the caster sugar, a pinch of salt and dried fruit, then add the egg, orange zest and milk. Mix to a fairly firm dough. Spoon 12 rough blobs of the mixture onto the baking sheet, leaving room for a little spreading. Mix together the demerara sugar and remaining mixed spice and sprinkle over the cakes. Bake for 20-25 mins until golden brown.
