Recipe for Rock Cakes?

Mschappie

The receipe that I use is:

Ingredients
8oz SR Flour
4oz margarine
3oz sugar
6oz mixed fruit
1 beaten egg
2tbs milk

Method
Rub the margarine and flour until like breadcrumbs.
Rub in sugar and mixed fruit
Mix beaten egg and milk
Place about 10 spoonsize portions on a greased baking sheet (leave cakes rough on top and don't smooth over)
Cook at 150* for about 15mins until golden brown

Eat when cool!!!:rotfl:

Mschappie

Olliebeak

tanith wrote: »

My rock cake recipe is just this...

6oz S/R flour
3oz marge
2oz sugar
1 egg
pinch of salt
2oz currants (or 2oz cherries or dessicated coconut
some mixed spice if you like it..

rub the marge into the flour as you would for a crumble mix, add the rest of your ingrediants, mix with the egg and a little milk to a stiff mix, and then spoon onto a greased baking tray and pile them up with a fork..
bake for 15 to 20 mins till golden brown... YUMMY

Well my batch turned out great :T - I added some coconut with the sultanas to mine - but I think for our tastes, I'll add a little more sugar next time. And there WILL be a next time :j .

sweetserendipity

tanith wrote: »

My rock cake recipe is just this...

6oz S/R flour
3oz marge
2oz sugar
1 egg
pinch of salt
2oz currants (or 2oz cherries or dessicated coconut
some mixed spice if you like it..

rub the marge into the flour as you would for a crumble mix, add the rest of your ingrediants, mix with the egg and a little milk to a stiff mix, and then spoon onto a greased baking tray and pile them up with a fork..
bake for 15 to 20 mins till golden brown... YUMMY

Hi, anyone know what temperature (electric) I should be booking these at please? It's a long time since I made them! :rotfl: Thank you.

lka200

Hi does anyone have a recipe for rock cakes please.
Ive had a look through the mega index but cant seem to find one
The only dried fruits i have are sultanas so would this be ok for rock cakes? dont have any mixed fruit or glace cherries.
If not what can i bake with just sultanas in?
Thanks

SunnyGirl

Have a look at www.be-ro.co.uk they have some fabulous recipes for all sorts of cakes including rock cakes I've used their recipes for years and they work out well. There is a recipe for Sultana & Orange cake on there which is yummy. I would use what fruit you've got instead of glace cherries etc anyway as none of my lot like anything apart from sultanas anyway

bexbex

225g self raising flour (or plain with 2 tsp baking powder)
115g butter or margarine
115g caster sugar
1 egg
115g mixed dried fruit
approx 2 tbsp milk

You don't have to put in the dried fruit but I like it in

lka200

Wow thankyou so much girls...the oven is on and im ready to get baking. Will defo check out the be-ro site..im sure ive got a be-ro recipe book somewhere but havent seen it for years!
Am gonna give bex bex recipe a go for now
Thanks again x

tlc45

your basic cake recipe is

8oz self raising flour
4oz butter/margarine
1 egg
2 tsp milk

for rock cakes add 6oz fruit & 3oz sugar, but you can change the fruit for almost anything. coconut, choc chips, banana, lemon curd is nice (rub in like the butter but not too well) or remove the sugar aswell as the fruit & add 1 level tsp of mustard powder & 4oz cheese for scones. roll out and cut into shapes and cook in a medium oven for 15/20 mins.

wendy52

Funnily enough I have just made a batch of Cranberry and Walnut Rock buns.
Just switch dried cranberries and roughly chopped walnuts for the dried fruit.

I also make the following rock buns ....
cherry and walnut,
sultana and orange...grated rind of an orange added with the sultanas and some of the orange juice to replace the milk),
spiced sultana ....add a teaspoon of mixed spice with the flour.


I sometimes make the rock buns using plain wholemeal and self raising flour mixed and add some baking powder.

I hope that helps,

Wendy

Caterina

This forum is MAGIC! I logged on to ask just this question (recipe for rock cakes) and LO and BEHOLD the thread is already there in front of my eyes *tune for X-files playing in background*

Thank you! Off to bake now.

Caterina