Best Apricot And Sultana Rock Cakes Recipes

TRADITIONAL ROCK CAKES

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Preheat the oven to 350 F/175 C. Lightly grease two baking sheets or line with parchment paper.
• Sift the flour and baking powder into a large bowl.
• Add the softened butter and lightly rub together with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
• Add the sugar and dried fruit and mix so all ingredients are well incorporated.
• Make a well in the center of the mixture, add the egg and 1 tablespoon of the milk, and whisk with a fork to combine. Mix the dry ingredients into the egg mixture to create a stiff dough. If the mixture is still dry, add milk, 1 tablespoon at a time, until the dough holds together.
• Divide the mixture into 12 mounds (about 1/4 cup each) and space evenly on the baking sheets. Sprinkle with demerara sugar, if using.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes or until golden brown and well risen. The rock cakes should be firm to the touch. Enjoy!

APRICOT AND SULTANA ROCK CAKES

Steps:

• preheat oven to 180 Celsius line a large cookie tray with baking paper.
• place flour and baking powder into a large bowl.
• add butter and rub in until the mix resembles breadcrumbs.
• stir in the sultanas, apricots, sugar and rind.
• add the eggs and stir until everything is well combined.
• place mounds of dough onto the baking tray (I used a dessert spoon), leaving space between each mound to allow for spreading.
• cook for 15 - 20 minutes or until golden. remove to wire to cool.

HEALTHY BLUEBERRY ROCK CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• In a large bowl, whisk together egg, splenda, milk and oil.
• In another bowl, mix together flour, oats, wheat bran, poppy seeds, baking powder, lemon zest, cinnamon and salt.
• Stir egg mixture into flour mixture just until combined.
• Gently stir in blueberries.
• Drop batter in 8 mounds onto prepared baking sheet.
• Bake until firm and golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Remove to rack and let cool.

LIGHT ROCK CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200 deg C (fan forced oven).
• Sift flour into large bowl then add remaining dry ingredients.
• In a microwave safe jug melt margarine. Add milk and combine using a whisk. Add egg whites to this mix and thoroughly whisk.
• Add milk mixture to dry ingredients and mix well.
• Divide mixture into 12 and drop onto a baking tray coated with cooking spray (or line with baking paper). Sprinkle extra sugar over the top of each cake.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until pale golden.

ROCK CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200°C Place flour in a large bowl and add butter and rub in until mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
• Mix in sugar , fruit, nuts and ginger. Whisk eggs into milk and add to dry ingredients. Mix to a stiff dough.
• Make round heaps on greased oven trays. Bake for 10-15 min or until golden brown.

OLD-FASHIONED SULTANA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 150°C and grease a 20cm square or round cake tin.
• Pick over the sultanas to remove any stem- nothing worse than a crunch in your cake.
• Place sultanas in a saucepan and cover them with cold water. Bring to the boil and then drain off the water. Return sultanas to saucepan.
• Stir in the chopped butter and set aside the sultanas to cool.
• Beat together the eggs, essence and sugar. Then add in the sultanas.
• Add your flour and baking powder to another mixing bowl and aerate with a kitchen whisk (or you can sift them together).
• Stir the flour into the sultana mix.
• Pour into prepared cake tin and bake for 1 1/2 hours.