ECCLES CAKES
From the North of England, these cakes are pastries, a sweet and spicy mixture in a puff pastry case with a shiny coating -- best eaten straight from the oven.
Provided by Norma
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European UK and Ireland English
Time 45m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Sprinkle a baking sheet with water.
- In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Stir in currants, mixed peel, demerara sugar and mixed spice. Stir until sugar is dissolved and fruit is well coated. Remove from heat.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out pastry to a 1/4 inch thickness. Cut out 8 (5 inch) circles, using a saucer as a guide. Divide the fruit mixture evenly between the circles. Moisten the edges of the pastry, pull the edges to the center and pinch to seal. Invert filled cakes on the floured surface and roll out gently to make a wider, flatter circle, but do not break the dough.
- Brush each cake with egg white and sprinkle generously with white sugar. Make three parallel cuts across the top of each cake, then place them on the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake in preheated oven 15 minutes, until golden.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 267.5 calories, Carbohydrate 31.8 g, Cholesterol 7.6 mg, Fat 14.6 g, Fiber 1.4 g, Protein 3 g, SaturatedFat 4.8 g, Sodium 104 mg, Sugar 14.1 g
LANCASHIRE CAKE
A recipe of my gran's from Lancashire, England, and something we only got at Christmas. Keeps well. Tastes great. Takes a good deal of preparation, but is worth it!
Provided by Northern_Reflectionz
Categories Dessert
Time 1h15m
Yield 50 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- For short pastry, mix dry ingredients together.
- Cut in lard and work until very fine (like pea-meal) Make a well in the centre. Add about a teaspoon of salt.
- Beat egg and vinegar in measuring cup.
- Fill to one cup mark with cold water.
- Mix with dry ingredients.
- Add more water if required.
- Knead lightly on a floured board til smooth.
- Divide into two balls of pastry.
- Roll each into rectangles on a floured board (about 1/4 inch thick).
- Butter one half.
- Sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon.
- Add raisins leaving a rim around the edge of the half rectangle.
- Brush edges with water.
- Fold over other half of unbuttered pastry.
- Seal edges of pastry.
- Place on a flat greased cookie sheet. Roll slightly with rolling pin until the raisins appear opaque through the pastry.
- Brush with egg-wash and sprinkle top with sugar.
- Repeat with the other ball of dough.
- Bake 350F for approx 25-30 mins until golden brown.
- Cut in squares.
- Store in tightly covered container. Freezes well.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 200.8, Fat 11.2, SaturatedFat 4.8, Cholesterol 17.8, Sodium 39.1, Carbohydrate 23.1, Fiber 0.7, Sugar 8.5, Protein 2.1
ECCLES CAKES
Sticky and packed with fruit, with extra flaky and light pastry, these Eccles cakes are just about perfect
Provided by Barney Desmazery
Categories Afternoon tea, Treat
Time 2h20m
Yield Makes 10 (easily doubled)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- To make the pastry, dice the butter and put it in the freezer to go really hard. Tip flour into the bowl of a food processor with half the butter and pulse to the texture of breadcrumbs. Pour in the lemon juice and 100ml iced water, and pulse to a dough. Tip in the rest of the butter and pulse a few times until the dough is heavily flecked with butter. It is important that you don't overdo this as the flecks of butter are what makes the pastry flaky.
- On a floured surface roll the pastry out to a neat rectangle about 20 x 30cm. Fold the two ends of the pastry into the middle (See picture 1), then fold in half (pic 2). Roll the pastry out again and refold the same way 3 more times resting the pastry for at least 15 mins each time between roll and fold, then leave to rest in the fridge for at least 30 mins before using.
- To make the filling, melt the butter in a large saucepan. Take it off the heat and stir in all the other ingredients until completely mixed, then set aside.
- To make the cakes, roll the pastry out until it's just a little thicker than a £1 coin and cut out 8 rounds about 12cm across. Re-roll the trimming if needed. Place a good heaped tablespoon of mixture in the middle of each round, brush the edges of the rounds with water, then gather the pastry around the filling and squeeze it together (pic 3). Flip them over so the smooth top is upwards and pat them into a smooth round. Flatten each round with a rolling pin to an oval until the fruit just starts to poke through, then place on a baking tray. Cut 2 little slits in each Eccles cakes, brush generously with egg white and sprinkle with the sugar (pic 4).
- Heat the oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 8. Bake the Eccles cakes for 15-20 mins until just past golden brown and sticky. Leave to cool on a rack and enjoy while still warm or cold with a cup of tea. If you prefer, Eccles cakes also go really well served with a wedge of hard, tangy British cheese such as Lancashire or cheddar.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 445 calories, Fat 23 grams fat, SaturatedFat 14 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 58 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 31 grams sugar, Fiber 2 grams fiber, Protein 4 grams protein, Sodium 0.41 milligram of sodium
PARKIN
Parkin is a traditional ginger cake from Northern England flavoured with syrupy molasses, oatmeal and warm spices. A lovely teatime treat!
Provided by Sarah Cook
Categories Afternoon tea, Dessert
Time 1h15m
Yield Makes 16 squares
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Butter a deep 22cm square cake tin and line with baking parchment. Beat the egg and milk together with a fork.
- Gently melt the syrup, treacle, sugar and butter together in a large pan until the sugar has dissolved. Remove from the heat. Mix together the oatmeal, flour and ginger and stir into the syrup mixture, followed by the egg and milk.
- Pour the mixture into the tin and bake for 50 mins - 1 hr until the cake feels firm and a little crusty on top. Cool in the tin then wrap in more parchment and foil. Keep for up to five days before eating if you can - it'll become softer and stickier the longer you leave it, up to two weeks.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 248 calories, Fat 11.4 grams fat, SaturatedFat 6.7 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 33.3 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 18.5 grams sugar, Fiber 0.9 grams fiber, Protein 3 grams protein, Sodium 0.5 milligram of sodium
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