Rock cakes. A rock cake, also called a rock bun, is a small cake with a rough surface resembling a rock. They were promoted by the Ministry of Food during the Second World War since they require fewer eggs. Rock cakes are a light, crumbly tea-time favourite.

Rock cakes are made from a simple dough made of self-rising flour, baking powder, butter, sugar, milk, and egg is studded with dried fruit, rolled into balls, and baked. Apparantly a favourite of Hagrids in Harry Potter, certainly a teatime favourite in our home. The easiest cakes you can make. You can have Rock cakes using 16 ingredients and 1 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Rock cakes

It's 2 of cups.
It's of self-raising flour.
You need 1/2 of tsp.
You need of ground ginger.
You need 60 of g.
Prepare of low-fat spread.
It's 1 of cup.
It's of dried fruit medley.
It's 1/2 of cup.
You need of caster sugar.
It's 1/4 of cup.
You need of low-fat milk.
You need 1 of .
It's of beaten egg.
You need 1 of tbsp.
It's of caster sugar, extra.

Rock Cakes - simple, sweet and quick. A pretty and decorative blog about my design work and illustration and the venues where I sell my print on demand deliciousness. Rock cakes are a sweet treat made from eggs, flour, sugar, a raising agent, and fruit. They originated from England, where they gained popularity during WWII as a frugal but.

Rock cakes step by step

Preheat oven to 200°C (180°C fan-forced). Spray a baking tray lightly with oil. Sift flour and ground ginger into a bowl. Add spread; rub into dry ingredients using fingertips. Stir in dried fruit and caster sugar. Make a well in the center of dry ingredients. Add combined milk and egg. Mix to form a stiff dough. Place mixture in small, rough heaps on prepared tray. Sprinkle with extra caster sugar. Bake for 10-15 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

Hand painted at the Rock Cakes Studio. The heart and brain, that which drives us forward. The most popular pin design can be ordered on Etsy, great to give to friends and. Rock cakes are a type of fruitcakes. They are supposed to have a hard surface, but not be quite as rocky as Hagrid's version seemed to.