Rock Cakes

Name: Rock Cakes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 115 g caster sugar; 115 g dried fruit (or your favourite additions); 230 g self-raising flour; 115 g margarine; Sprinkling of sugar, to finish; 1 egg, beaten; 2 tbsp milk

Preparation info

Serves:
10

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
25 min

Appears in

For the Love of the Land

By Jenny Jefferies

Published 2020

About

This is a family favourite in our house and a recipe that has been used for generations. You can mix up the inclusions using whatever you have in your cupboard; I love chocolate chips and cherries. Oh, and they taste best warm, straight from the oven! – Beth Withers

Ingredients

230 g self-raising flour
115 g margarine
115 g</

Cake
Baking
Vegetarian

Method

Sieve the flour into a mixing bowl and then rub in the margarine until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Stir in the sugar and dried fruit, or whichever additions you are using.

Add the beaten egg and milk to the bowl a little at a time, stirring gently, until you get a sticky consistency. Spoon the mixture onto greased baking trays in ten small splodges. They will spread out when