Welsh Cakes (Pice ar y Maen)

A delicious little cake flavoured with spice and dried fruit, baked on a griddle and best served warm and sprinkled with sugar. A real Welsh treat.

225g/8oz plain flour
100g/4oz butter
75g/3oz caster sugar
50g/2oz currants
½tsp baking powder
¼tsp mixed spice
1 egg
A pinch salt
A little milk to bind

• Sift the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, mixed spice) together into a mixing bowl. 
• Cut up the butter and rub into the flour. 
• Stir in the sugar and fruit, pour in the egg and mix to form a dough 
• Use a little milk if the mixture is a little dry. 
• Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface to about the thickness of a biscuit. 
• Use a pastry cutter to cut out rounds. 
• Cook the cakes on a greased bake stone or griddle until golden. 
• The heat should not be too high, as the cakes will cook on the outside too quickly, and not in the middle. 
• Once cooked sprinkle with caster sugar and serve with butter.
• As an alternative you can try mixed dried fruit or tropical fruit. 
• Some grated lemon or orange rind is also good. 
• Add a little orange juice, zest and icing sugar to some soft butter to serve with the Welsh cakes.