Welsh Cakes Recipe Great for Camping

There is nothing nicer than warm Welsh Cakes straight off the griddle, baked using a traditional recipe and great for camping too. Very easy to make and is baked on a griddle or frying pan if that is what you have to hand. A traditional way to serve these is with a little butter smeared on the top.

Cakes for Camping No Oven Required

Griddle cake, or bakestone as these are sometimes called. No oven is required for these cakes, hence them being known as a griddle cake, traditionally baked on a griddle over an open fire. Makes them transfer well to a frying pan baked on the hob. Also making them a great camping recipe, weigh out the dry ingredients before hand and put into a container. Before you go make sure know how much butter/fat you will need to measure out. You can mix it up in the container, use a beaker or glass to roll out some of your ingredients, also useful to cut them out too.

Ingredients ⬇️

8 oz Self raising flour

Pinch of salt

2 oz butter

2 oz lard

3 oz sugar

3 oz sultanas or currants or maybe even glace cherries

1 egg

Small amount of milk

Recipe ⬇️

makes between 12 to 14 Welsh Cakes

Into a bowl add the flour and salt 

Add the butter and lard and rub into the flour until it resembles fine breadcrumbs.

Mix in the sugar and fruit

Add the egg mixing together to form a firm dough, you may need to add a little milk

Roll out onto a lightly floured surface, to about an 1/4 inch thick. 

Cut into 3 inch rounds using a pastry cutter, you can us a glass or cup if you don’t have a pastry cutter.

Lightly grease a hot griddle or frying pan and cook, place the Welsh Cakes on the griddle and turn the heat to low, turn the cakes over once until golden brown on both sides.

More Options than Just Cake

Eat or Freeze Cakes

Welsh cakes are enjoyed warm or cold, with or without butter. These will keep for a few day in an air tight container too. Better still bake a batch and you can freeze the excess, they will soon defrost within an hour (or sooner if you microwave defrost them). These also make great individual cakes to share with unexpected guests. Best enjoyed with a good cup of Welsh tea.

Exploring Healthy

The lard and fat in this recipe along with the spread of butter doesn’t make for the the healthiest recipe. You could explore replacing the butter and lard with a benecol spread This would help to make this Welsh Cakes Camping Recipe cholesterol friendly and suitable for vegetarians too.

Try Different Flavours

Lots of options to change flavours with this recipe, add some lemon zest with the raisins. Try some spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg or all spice. Add different type of dried fruit maybe some apricots, you could also add some chopped nuts. Maybe chocolate chips and cherries.

What about something savoury? Pesto and Cheese maybe. So many options available to create a no oven required cake using your favourite flavours.

Fancy trying a different recipe how about Tea and Raisin Spiced Buns.