Sweets Country Classics – Country Comfort (part 1) – Rock cakes

Spread a pretty cloth on the table and enjoy the best
of old-style baking with this blue-ribbon collection of cakes and dessert

Rock cakes

Description: Rock cakes

Rock cakes

 

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Makes 20

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Prep 15 minutes

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Cook 20 minutes

Ingredient

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1½ cups self-raising flour

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½ cup plain flour

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¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon

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¹⁄³ cup caster sugar

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100g butter, chilled, chopped

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¾ cup sultanas

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2 tablespoons mixed peel

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1 egg, lightly beaten

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¹⁄³ cup milk

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Softened butter, to serve

Recipe

1.   
Preheat oven to 200°C/180°Cfan-forced. Line 2
large baking trays with baking paper.

2.   
Sift flours and cinnamon into a large
bowl. Stir in sugar. Using your fingertips, rub butter into flour
mixture until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Stir in sultanas and mixed
peel. Make a well in the centre. Combine egg and milk in a jug. Pour egg mixture
into well. Using a butter knife, mix ingredients to form a sticky dough, adding
more milk if necessary.

3.   
Spoon 1½ tablespoons of mixture, 5cm apart, onto
prepared trays.

4.   
Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden. Stand
for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool. Serve rock cakes warm or at
room temperature with butter.

 

Nutrition: (per serve) 605kJ; 6.6g fat;
4.2g sat fat; 2.1g protein; 19.1g carbs; 0.8g fibre; 21mg chol; 140mg sodium.