Interestingly Delicious - Rock Cake Recipe

Ever heard of rock cakes before? It may sound weird but this cake is very popular to a lot of kids. Imagine baking cookies, using two spoons to drop the soft dough into the prepared tray. Press the dough with a wet fork, if it is a little too stiff. Leave spaces in between the dough.
Rock cakes are famous because of its chunky and fruity buns. What is interesting about this cake is its texture and taste. Truly a cake to watch out for.
Below is a simple recipe in making a rock cake.
Ingredients:
· 200 Grams of Sultanas or raisins
· 100 Grams of margarine
· 75 Grams moist brown sugar
· 200 Grams of self raising flour
· 1 Egg
· 1 Teaspoon of mixed spice (optional
Equipments:
Oven
Mixing bowl
Knife for mixing
Scales (optional)
Baking Sheet
Greaseproof paper
Instructions:
1. Turn on the oven until it warms to 200 degrees Celsius.
2. Mix 100 grams of margarine and the 200 grams of flour in a mixing bowl. Mix them until they look like bread crumbs.
3. Mix the other ingredients (200 grams of sultanas or raisins, 75 grams of moist sugar and egg.)
4. Get your baking tray lined with grease - proof paper.
5. Carefully arrange the dough balls (4 centimeters in diameter) on a tray.
6. Baking time: 15 - 25 Minutes.
7. To check if it is cooked, insert a toothpick. The inside should be dry and the inside should not appear raw.
8. Allow it to cool until it hardens.

Tips:
· The original recipe of rock cake are used just a half as much of fruit as today.
· Sultanas are usually cheaper than raisins.
· If you don't want to make your cake taste dull, avoid using cheap white sugar.
· When making dough balls, if the mixture is too dry, you can moisten the mixture with use of milk.
· It can be topped with the used of glace cherry and coarse-grain sugar.
· For some people, using hands is better than electric machines because machine mixer will throw the dry mixture rather than mixing it together.
· Electric blender is recommended for mixing ingredients.
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