Our easy, traditional rock cake recipe is the ideal afternoon treat. These simple fruit buns are a great storecupboard bake that everyone will enjoy
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:15 mins
- Cook:20 mins – 25 mins
- Easy
- Makes 10
Ingredients
- 200g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 ½ tsp mixed spice
- 100g butter
- 85g light muscovado sugar
- 100g mixed dried fruit
- 1 egg, beaten
- 2 tbsp milk
- demerara sugar, or roughly crushed sugar cubes, for sprinkling
Method
- STEP 1
Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line a baking sheet with baking parchment. Tip the flour, baking powder and 1 tsp spice into a bowl. Add the butter, cut into small pieces. Rub the butter into the flour until the mixture forms fine crumbs (or do this in the food processor).
- STEP 2
Stir in the muscovado sugar and fruit, then add the egg and milk. Mix to a fairly firm dough. Spoon 10 rough blobs of the mixture onto the baking sheet, leaving room for a little spreading. Mix together the sugar and remaining mixed spice and sprinkle over the cakes. Bake for 20-25 mins until golden brown.
