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rock cakes

mrs_squeakles avatar
Recipe by
Joan Woodward
@mrs_squeakles
Toronto, ON

My English cousin used to make these regularly for tea-time and I'm afraid they lived up to their name! You could peg a squirrel with one of her rock cakes and it would never bother your cherry or plum tree again!

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yield 8 serving(s)
prep time 15 Min
cook time 15 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For rock cakes

  • 1/2 lb
    flour
  • 1/2 tsp
    baking powder
  • 1-1/2 oz
    butter, room temperature
  • 1-1/2 oz
    sugar
  • 2 oz
    currants or sultanas
  • 1
    egg
  • a little
    milk

How To Make rock cakes

  • 1
    Beat the butter into the flour, then add rest of dry ingredients and currants.
  • 2
    Mix to stiff dough with well-beaten egg and milk.
  • 3
    Bake in fairly hot oven 15 minutes.
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