Traditional Easy Welsh Cake Low Calorie Recipe
These traditional Welsh cakes are perfect for a snack or dessert! Made with simple ingredients and only 102 calories per cake, you'll love this easy recipe.
Ingredients
- 225 g Self-Raising Flour
- 100 g Unsalted Butter (chilled and cubed)
- 75 g Caster Sugar (Plus extra for dusting)
- 50 g Currants
- 1 Egg
- 2 tbsp Milk
Instructions
- Put the flour and butter in a large mixing bowl and rub together until it resembles breadcrumbs.
- Stir in the sugar, currants and a pinch of slat in to the mixture.
- In a small bowl beat the egg and add the milk, then pour into the dry ingredients. Mix together to form a dough. Don't over mix or the cakes will become tough.
- Heat your frying pan and set to a medium to low heat.
- Roll out the dough to about 0.5cm think and use a 7cm round cutter and cut out your welsh cakes.
- Place a few round onto the frying pan and cook on one side for 1-2 minutes until a nice golden colour. If it is too dark turn down the heat Repeat on the other side.
- Repeat for the rest of the cakes then serve warm and dust with caster sugar.
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Nutrition
Serving: 20gCalories: 102kcalCarbohydrates: 14gProtein: 2gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 19mgSodium: 6mgPotassium: 37mgFiber: 1gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 141IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 8mgIron: 1mg
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