Rock Cakes Recipes

ROCK CAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line a baking sheet with baking parchment. Tip the flour, baking powder and 1 tsp spice into a bowl. Add the butter, cut into small pieces. Rub the butter into the flour until the mixture forms fine crumbs (or do this in the food processor).
• Stir in the muscovado sugar and fruit, then add the egg and milk. Mix to a fairly firm dough. Spoon 10 rough blobs of the mixture onto the baking sheet, leaving room for a little spreading. Mix together the sugar and remaining mixed spice and sprinkle over the cakes. Bake for 20-25 mins until golden brown.

TRADITIONAL ROCK CAKES

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Preheat the oven to 350 F/175 C. Lightly grease two baking sheets or line with parchment paper.
• Sift the flour and baking powder into a large bowl.
• Add the softened butter and lightly rub together with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
• Add the sugar and dried fruit and mix so all ingredients are well incorporated.
• Make a well in the center of the mixture, add the egg and 1 tablespoon of the milk, and whisk with a fork to combine. Mix the dry ingredients into the egg mixture to create a stiff dough. If the mixture is still dry, add milk, 1 tablespoon at a time, until the dough holds together.
• Divide the mixture into 12 mounds (about 1/4 cup each) and space evenly on the baking sheets. Sprinkle with demerara sugar, if using.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes or until golden brown and well risen. The rock cakes should be firm to the touch. Enjoy!

TRADITIONAL ROCK CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 'moderately hot' about 180°C (360°F). Grease a baking tray or cookie sheet with butter.
• Sift flour, sugar and cinnamon together in a bowl. Using your fingertips, rub in the butter until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
• Add sultanas and mix well breaking up clumps.
• Beat the egg and add. Add sufficient milk to make a moist but stiff consistency. Depending on the flour you may need a little less or a little more milk.
• Spoon mixture into rough walnut-sized lumps onto the greased tray. Leave space for slight spreading. Sprinkle with sugar.
• Bake for 15- 20 minutes or until cooked through.
• Loosen on trays while hot and allow to cool or eat warm with or without butter.

ROCK CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200°C Place flour in a large bowl and add butter and rub in until mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
• Mix in sugar , fruit, nuts and ginger. Whisk eggs into milk and add to dry ingredients. Mix to a stiff dough.
• Make round heaps on greased oven trays. Bake for 10-15 min or until golden brown.

ROCK CAKES (ROCK BUNS)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180deg Fan Assisted.
• Line a baking tray with a sheet of baking parchment or a non stick baking mat.
• Add the flour, salt, sugar and spices into a large bowl. Give it a little mix.
• Using your finger tips, rub in the butter until you have fine breadcrumbs.
• Add the raisins, sultanas and candid peal. Give everything a good mix ensuring all the fruit is coated with flour.
• Mix the egg and milk together in a small jug and add to the flour mixture.
• Bring everything together to form a stiff dough.
• Spoon 11 - 12 individual mounds of dough onto the baking tray. Old Fashioned Rock cakes have a rough surface, so don't worry about trying to make them smooth.
• Bake in the centre of the oven for 15 mins or until baked. They should have a nice golden colour. If you choose to make larger Rock Buns, the baking times will differ and they will take longer to bake.
• Take out of the oven and dust with demerara sugar while still warm. Leave to cool.

ROCK CAKES A BRITISH CHILDHOOD CLASSIC

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 200C/400F/Gas mark 6 and line a large baking sheet with baking parchment or use a silicone baking mat and place to one side.
• In a large mixing bowl add in the flour, baking powder and salt and give a little mix to combine everything.
• Rub the butter into the flour until it looks like fine breadcrumbs. Or use a food processor for quickness if you want.
• Add in the sugar and dried mixed fruit and give a little stir to mix it all together.
• Pour in the lightly beaten egg and gently stir to bring it all together. Add in the milk a little at a time, you just need enough to bring the mixture together. You don't want it to be a super sticky dough.
• Scoop out the mixture into 10 equal sizes onto your baking sheet, the beauty of these rock cakes is they are not meant to be uniformed and perfect looking.
• Sprinkle a little sugar on top if you like an extra little crunch and pop them in your hot oven for 15 to 20 minutes.
• Check on them after 15 minutes, they should have a light golden colour to them and sound a little hollow if tapped on the bottom.
• Transfer them to a wire rack to fully cool down.
• These rock cakes freeze well for up to 3 months and kept in an airtight tin they will keep at room temperature for 5 days.

ROCK CAKES FROM HARRY POTTER (ROCK BUNS)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F (215°C) Line cookie sheets with silicone baking sheets or parchment paper. Sift the flour, baking powder (and mixed spice, if using) and set aside. Cream the butter and sugar until creamy and smooth. Add the egg. Next, mix in the sifted flour and milk. As it comes together, add the dried fruit. Mix just until combined. Do not over mix. With two forks, make "rock-like" cookies on the tray about 2" apart. They should not be smooth. Sprinkle with a little sugar and bake in the upper part of the oven for about 12 minutes. (It could range from 10 to 15 minutes, depending on your oven.) Remove from tray and place on cooling rack. When cool, enjoy the fruits of your labor

GOOD OLD ROCK CAKES

Steps:

• Mix the flour, salt, baking powder and sugar in a bowl, making sure you get all the little lumps out of the sugar, then add the spices and rub in the butter until the mixture looks like fine breadcrumbs. Lastly, stir in the fruit. Now break the egg into a separate bowl and whisk it lightly with a fork, then add it to the flour mixture. Stir until the mixture forms a stiff dough (you may need to add a tablespoon of milk, though certainly not more than two). Now, using two forks, pile the mixture in irregular spiky heaps on the baking sheet. Bake near the centre of the oven for 18-20 minutes or until golden brown, then leave to cool for a minute on the tray before removing to a wire rack. Store in an airtight tin.

ROCK CAKES OLD FASHIONED RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat Oven to 190°C /170°C fan/ 375°F.Add flour, salt, baking soda and mixed spices into a bowl
• Add sugar and mix all together
• Add butter and rub together using fingertips into the dry cake mix
• It should resemble breadcrumbs
• Add sultanas
• Stir through
• Whisk milk and egg together in a separate bowl
• Add the whisked egg and milk to the rock cake mixture
• Use a fork to mix well together until moist and sticky
• Separate into 9 even-sized cakes use a fork to rough up the cakes a little.
• Leave space between each rock cake as they will grow during cooking! Cook in preheated 190°C /170°C fan/ 375°F oven for 15-20 minutes until golden.
• Remove from oven, it is normal for them to still feel a bit soft at this point. They will firm up whilst cooling!
• Once cool enough to touch with hands, transfer to a wire rack to allow to cool further.
• Sprinkle with extra sugar.
• Eat whilst still warm, or allow to cool then store in an airtight container until ready to eat.