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Holding a rock cake which is broken in half by hand with three rock cakes stacked up in the background
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Rock Cakes Old Fashioned Recipe

How to make Rock Cakes, using simple ingredients.
Inside the crispy sugary shell of British rock cakes is a marvellous crumbly texture with an even scattering of your chosen dried fruit.
These simple English cakes make a great addition to an afternoon tea stand.
Perfect kids snack for their lunch box or school fete.
US & UK measurements given
Prep Time17 minutes
Active Time18 minutes
Total Time35 minutes
Course: Afternoon Tea, Brunch, Cake, Kids, Lunch, Party, picnic, Salad, Snack, Sweet
Cuisine: English
Keyword: afternoon tea cake, British cake, dried fruit cake, english cake, hagrid cakes, hagrid rock cakes, harry potter cakes, old fashioned cake, rock buns, rock cakes, sultanas cakes, wartime cakes
Yield: 9 Cakes
Calories: 352kcal
Author: Luke and Kay - Flawless Food

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 300 grams Plain Flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 80 grams White Sugar + extra to sprinkle on once baked Caster or Granulated can be used
  • pinch Salt
  • ½ teaspoon Mixed Spice
  • 150 grams Butter
  • 200 grams Sultanas Can use any dried fruits
  • 1 Large Egg
  • 2 tablespoon Milk
Metric - US Customary

Instructions

  • Preheat Oven to 190°C /170°C fan/ 375°F.
    Add 300 grams Plain Flour, 1 ½ teaspoon Baking Powder, pinch Salt and ½ teaspoon Mixed Spice into a bowl.
    Plain flour, mixed spice, baking soda and salt in a glass bowl
  • Add 80 grams White Sugar and mix all together
    sugar added to Plain flour, mixed spice, baking soda and salt in a glass bowl
  • Add 150 grams Butter and rub together using fingertips into the dry cake mix
    plain flour with cubed butter
  • It should resemble breadcrumbs.
    rubbing flour and butter into breadcrumbs by hands in a glass bowl
  • Add 200 grams Sultanas
    sultanas added into flour and butter cake mix in a glass bowl
  • Stir through so evenly distributed.
    mixing together the rock cake mix of flour butter and sultanas by hand with a spatula in a glass bowl
  • Whisk 1 Large Egg and 2 tablespoon Milk together in a separate bowl
    milk added to bowl with egg in a white bowl
  • Add the whisked mixture to the dry ingredients
    milk and egg mix added to rock cake mixture in a glass bowl
  • Use a fork to mix well together until it becomes sticky and forms together.
    Raw mixture for rock cakes being mixed together with a fork
  • Separate into approx 9 even-sized cakes use a fork to rough up the tops of the cakes a little.
    Rock cakes being placed on a silicone mat by hands and fork
  • Leave space between each rock cake as they will grow a little during cooking! Cook in a preheated 190°C /170°C fan/ 375°F oven for 15-20 minutes until golden.
    9 rock buns on a silicone mat on a baking tray being put into an oven
  • Remove from oven, it is normal for them to still feel a bit soft at this point. They will firm up whilst cooling!
    Nine cooked rock cakes being pulled out of the oven.
  • Once cool enough to touch with hands, transfer to a wire rack to allow to cool further.
    Placing down the cooked rock cakes onto a black metal wire rack to cool off
  • Sprinkle with extra sugar.
    Rock cakes being sprinkled with sugar on top
  • Eat whilst still warm, or allow to cool then store in an airtight container until ready to eat.
    Rock cake with dried fruit broken in half served warm

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Nutrition

Calories: 352kcal | Carbohydrates: 53g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 57mg | Sodium: 132mg | Potassium: 284mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 449IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 55mg | Iron: 2mg