Katie Stewart

Rock Cakes

Preparation info

  • Makes

    12

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

top 1000The Times Calendar Cookbook

The Times Calendar Cookbook

By Katie Stewart

Published 1977

  • About

The ‘rock’ in rock cakes should apply to the rough appearance only. This mixture is a rich one and the cakes should be light and crumbly. Another time try them with chopped dates, currants or mixed peel in place of the sultanas.

Ingredients

  • 225 g/8 oz self-raising flour
  • ¼ level teaspoon salt

Method

Sift the flour, salt and mixed spice into a basin. Add the butter cut in pieces and rub into the flour. Add the sugar and sultanas and mix. Lightly mix the egg and milk and pour into the centre of the ingredients. Using a fork mix to a rough dough. The mixture should be fairly firm.

Pile the mixture into twelve rough heaps on greased baking trays, not too close together, since they flat