Welsh Cakes Recipe - easy to follow recipe | The Worktop (2024)

FAQs

Why do my Welsh cakes go hard? ›

If your Welsh Cakes turned out hard, dry or crumbly, your mixture was probably not wet enough. Next time, add a little bit of milk so the mix is softer.

Welsh cakes are made with plain flour, eggs and shortening and don't rise much. Scones are made with self-raising flour, no eggs, no shortening and rise a lot if done right. Welsh cakes tend to be flatter, more like thick pancakes. Scones are more like cakes.

How to serve your Welsh cakes. I suggest eating these warm, either straightaway or reheated in the toaster. Traditionally I believe these are eaten just as they are, or of course you can add a topping such as butter or jam. I'm thinking now that peanut butter might work on these too, or even chocolate spread!

These included pice bach, tishan lechwan or tishan ar y mân (bakestone cakes), but in English they became known generally as Welsh Cakes.

Add structure. On their own, boxed cake mixes have a structure that's loose and airy. But if you add ¼ cup flour or half a box of instant pudding mix, the texture of the cake becomes denser and tighter, ideal for a pound-cake-like consistency that will hold the shape of a Bundt pan.

The heat is cooking the outer layer too quickly. You may have your oven temperature set too high. You could try turning the heat down to low, and cooking for a longer period. You can also cover the cake with tin foil before you bake to protect the surface from the intense heat while the center cooks.

Welsh Cakes are fully cooked when they have turned golden brown on both sides, yet the insides of the cakes are still soft (but not doughy). A sprinkle of granulated white sugar or powdered immediately after cooking adds a nice touch, or they can be served plain, buttered, or with clotted cream and jam.

Welsh cakes (Welsh: picau ar y maen, pice bach, cacennau cri or teisennau gradell), also bakestones or pics, are a traditional sweet bread in Wales.

Welsh cakes can be eaten hot or cold, though the vast majority of Welsh people will tell you how to eat Welsh cakes is eating them while they're still warm. You can heat them up easily in a pan, toaster oven, standard oven, or even your microwave.

Do not be deceived by their rustic appearance. These pan cooked cakes are melt in the mouth delicious and incredibly more-ish. Serve them warm (you can toast them!) with a healthy spread of butter!

Do Welsh Cakes need to be refrigerated? ›

You can make the dough, roll and cut out the welsh cakes and refrigerate for a day if you need. Take them out of the fridge in time to lose a bit of chill before griddling them. MAKE AHEAD / STORE: Leftovers can be stored in an airtight container in a cool place for up to 5 days.

Tan Y Castell Welshcakes have won numerous awards and are recognised for their taste and quality, resulting in them now being one of the best-selling Welsh cakes on the market.

The addition of milk helps take the Welsh Cakes ingredients from dry to dough. The recipe states 1-2 tablespoons but you can use a little bit more if your dough feels too dry. Dairy milk is what would traditionally be used but you can of course experiment with different milks, should you wish to omit the dairy.

Welsh cakes

Perhaps the best-loved of all Welsh treats, these small, circular cakes are dusted in sugar and provide the perfect accompaniment to a hot cup of tea. Traditionally cooked on a bakestone, Welsh cakes can also contain sultanas and chocolate chips for a sweeter twist on the original recipe.

If your cake is hard, the problem probably lies in the beating. The butter must be beaten well in the early stages to give the mixture enough air for a light and fluffy texture. To achieve this the butter must be lukewarm and therefore not too hard.

Biscuits are essentially dried cakes, so absorb ambient moisture. Cakes are much more moist, so evaporate water to the surrounding air. Just eat and enjoy. Biscuits start out with a very low moisture content of between 1 and 3 per cent, depending on the type, whereas this is around 15 to 30 per cent for cakes.