Baking
Nut Cakes
Ingredients
- 225 gr. (8 oz.) self raising flour
- 110 gr. (4 oz.) butter/margarine
- 110 gr. (4 oz.) caster sugar
- 75 gr. (3 oz.) chopped hazelnuts
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp. milk
- Makes: About 36
- 350 gr. (12 oz.) self raising flour
- 175 gr. (6 oz.) butter/margarine
- 175 gr. (6 oz.) caster sugar
- 125 gr. (4½ oz.) chopped
- hazelnuts
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp. milk
- Preheat oven to 180°C
- Grease and flour a baking sheet or line with baking parchment
Method
1
Rub the butter/margarine into the flour until like breadcrumbs.
2
Stir in the caster sugar and chopped hazelnuts. Mix in the beaten egg and milk.
3
Make into a stiff but soft dough, squeezing it gently together with your hands, until it leaves the side of the bowl.
4
Take small pieces of the dough and place in irregular heaps on the baking sheet. Use a fork to roughen up the mounds.
5
Bake at 180°C for approx. 10-15 minutes.
6
Rock Cakes:
7
Replace the nuts with same amount of sultanas
