Rock cakes
This is my mum's recipe and reminds me of being a little girl. There is something rather comforting about these cakes!
Servings: 12 cakes
Ingredients
- 100 g butter softened and cut into chunks
- 225 g self raising flour
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 75 g soft brown sugar
- 60 g sultanas
- 40 g apricots
- 20 g desiccated coconut
- 1 egg beaten
- Splash milk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C and line a baking tray
- Put the butter in a bowl, add the flour and cinnamon
- Rub the butter and flour together, with your fingers, until it resembles breadcrumbs
- Add the sugar, fruit, coconut and egg; stir with a spoon
- Add a little milk to bring the mixture together
- Use an ice-cream scoop (it’s the perfect size) to put mounds of the mixture onto the lined baking tray
- Bake for about 15 minutes or until golden brown
- Transfer to a cooling rack and allow to cool
Notes
Play around with the flavours:
- Add different dried fruit or some flax seeds
- Leave out the fruit and add some chocolate chips
- Try mixed spice instead of cinnamon