Thursday, December 29, 2011

Rock Cakes Recipe

Rock Cakes Recipe

Rock cakes are very comparable to drop cakes. This type of cake is very easy to do. Imagine baking cookies, using two spoons to drop the soft dough into the prepared tray. Press the dough with a wet fork, if it is a little too stiff. Leave spaces in between the dough.

Rock cakes are famous because of its chunky and fruity buns. A lot of kids and grown - ups love its wonderful texture and sweet taste.

Below is a simple recipe in making a rock cake.

Ingredients:
• 200 grams of Sultanas or raisins
• 100 grams of margarine
• 75 grams moist brown sugar
• 200 grams of self raising flour
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon of mixed spice (optional

Equipments:
Oven
Mixing bowl
Knife for mixing
Scales (optional)
Baking Sheet
Greaseproof paper

Instructions:
1. Turn on the oven until it warms to 200 degrees Celsius
2. Mix 100 grams of margarine and the 200 grams of flour in a mixing bowl. Mix them until they look like bread crumbs.
3. Mix the other ingredients (200 grams of sultanas or raisins, 75 grams of moist sugar and egg.)
4. Prepare the baking tray with grease - proof paper.
5. Carefully arrange the dough balls (4 centimeters in diameter) on a tray.
6. Bake it for 15 to 25 minutes.
7. To check if it is cooked, insert a toothpick. The inside should be dry and the inside should not appear raw.
8. Allow it to cool until it hardens.

Tips:
• The original recipe of rock cake are used just a half as much of fruit as today.
• Sultanas are usually cheaper than raisins.
• Using cheap white sugar will make the cake less tasty.
• When making dough balls, if the mixture is too dry, you can moisten the mixture with use of milk.
• It can be topped with the used of glace cherry and coarse-grain sugar.
• For some people, using hands is better than electric machines because machine mixer will throw the dry mixture rather than mixing it together.
• Using electric blender is also good for mixing.

You can also enhance the look of your cake by using cake decorating kits. Adding birthday cake decorations such as flowers, colored candies, chocolate sprinkles, grind-ed coconut and other edible cake decorating stuff will definitely make your cake attractive.

Rock Cakes Recipe

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