Teacakes

Name: Teacakes
Yield: Makes 8
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 500 g strong white bread flour, plus extra for dusting; 1 tbsp ground cinnamon; 2 tbsp caster sugar; 1 tsp ground nutmeg; 1 tbsp ground mixed spice; 1 tsp sea salt; Finely grated zest of ½ orange; 1 sachet (7 g) fast-action dried yeast; 330 ml milk; A few drops of rose water or orange-blossom water (optional); 130 g sultanas (you can hydrate/soak them in a little sherry beforehand, if you wish); Melted butter, for glazing

Preparation info

Makes
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Ms Marmite Lover's Secret Tea Party

By Kerstin Rodgers

Published 2014

About

Or currant cakes as they call them in the north of England, where they are commonly split in half, toasted, buttered and eaten with Marmite. You could add a few drops of rose water to the dough for a Tudor ‘manchet’ feel.

Ingredients

500 g strong white bread flour, plus extra for dusting
2 tbsp caster sugar
1

Europe
United Kingdom
Cake
England
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone mat.

Mix the flour, sugar, spices, orange zest, salt and yeast together in a bowl. Warm the milk slightly (not too hot or you will kill the yeast) and add it to the flour mixture, along with the rose water or orange-blossom water, if using. Knead to combine and make a dough, then add the sultanas. They may pop out but keep kneading