Home-Made Eccles Cakes

Name: Home-Made Eccles Cakes
Yield: Makes 4 Cakes
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 50 g (2 oz) currants; 25 g (1 oz) soft light-brown sugar; 25 g (1 oz) butter softened; 225 g (8 oz) Quick Puff Pastry or frozen bought puff pastry, thawed; A pinch of ground cinnamon; granulated sugar; 1 egg white; The finely grated zest of 1 orange

Preparation info

Makes
4
Cakes

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Fabulous Food

By Gary Rhodes

Published 1997

About

Eccles cakes are a classic for our corner-shop bakers and for us to eat! So, why not have a go at making your own? They really are very simple and easy to make and even more delicious to eat.

To lift the basic flavours of currants, sugar and butter, I have added some grated orange zest and a dusting of cinnamon.

Ingredients

225 g (8 oz) Quick Puff Pastry or frozen bought puff pastry, thawed
50

Europe
United Kingdom
Dessert
Vegetarian
England

Method

Pre-heat the oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas Mark 6.

Roll out the pastry to about 2 mm (⅛ in)