{"id":3645,"slug":"welsh-cakes","title":"Welsh Cakes","description":"Welsh cakes (Welsh: picau ar y maen) are a popular cake in Wales that are similar to scones and Cornish Heavy cakes.","ingredients_raw":["450 g (2 cups or 1 lb) plain flour","225 g (1 cup or 8 oz) butter","170 g (¾ cup or 6 oz) castor sugar","4 eggs","85 g (3 oz) currants, sultanas, raisins or other dried fruit","dash of milk","pinch of salt"],"ingredients_norm":["plain flour","butter","superfine sugar","egg","currants sultanas raisins or other dried fruit","milk","salt"],"steps":["In a large mixing bowl, sift the flour then rub together with the butter and salt until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.","Mix in sugar and dried fruit.","Add eggs one at a time, beating together until mixture forms a thick dough. If dough will not form, add a small amount of milk (i.e. a tablespoon).","Knead for two to three minutes until dough becomes cohesive and slightly elastic.","Roll dough out on a flat surface.","Cut 2–3-inch circles from the dough and fry on a griddle until golden brown."],"categories":["Recipes for dessert","Welsh recipes","Baking recipes","Recipes for scones","Recipes using butter","Recipes using egg","Recipes using superfine sugar","Recipes using all-purpose flour"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":30,"servings":"24","yield_text":null,"difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Welsh_Cakes","source_ref":"4587406","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Welsh_Cakes&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"887562cf4c2bdd2dcffb5f836c55f099794b9d44082f0812ffbf43d6c687224b","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:30Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:30Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/welsh-cakes"}