so who else is making Welsh cakes for St David's Day?

[Blandmum]

I am!

i dont make welsh cakes, used to buy them, but i will be sporting my daff with pride on Dydd Dewi Sant

Wel Dydd Dewi Sant Hapus ond...

no idea how to make welshcakes. anyone got a recipe?

Theres a woman who sells them hot at cardiff farmer's market.

Probably will have (veggie) cawl & bread though.

4 oz butter
4 oz lard
6 oz sugar
16oz SR flour
2/3 eggs (depends on the size)
''enough' mixed dried fruit
Rub in fat into flour, mix in suag , mix in eggs, add dried fruit.

Roll out, cut out and cook on a bakestone

I thought it said mix in suag as a phonetic of sewage !!!

I will be having welsh cakes, may well make them now I have recipe. Thank you.

Kids have an eisteddfodd tomorrow, ended up purchasing Woolworths dressing up national costumes for ds1 and ds2 and they do look rather cute in them. And have made and sent a card with a daff on for my Grandad Griffiths.

Key question here: do they keep or do they have to be eaten on the day you make them?

Your answer wil determine my response as, if they have to be eaten straightaway, I will have to say no as I have just made and fried approximately 30 plus pancakes and I want to stay off flour and suchlike for at least a week now!

i might make some after all now i have a recipie, and then i will feel v virtuous

A bakestone? Really? Can't I fry them or something instead?

And presumably can substitute butter for lard?

You can subsitute butter for the lard, or you can use white vegetable shortning )for a veggie option I would do this over all butter, but thatis my personal preference). You can eat them over the nexy few days if kept in an air tight container.....but they are best on the day of making, warm with a glass of milk! You could use a heavy frying pan, instead of a bakestone, but a bakestone is more authentic and easier to get the temp right.

Oh and you don't 'fry' them....don't add oil or butter to the bakestone. You cook them on a medium heat and flip wjhen one side is done