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| Nutrition Facts | ||
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Serving Size 1 Cakes 63g Recipe makes 10 Cakes) The following items or measurements are not included below: mixed spice |
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| Calories 255 | ||
| Calories from Fat 88 | (34%) | |
| Amount Per Serving | %DV | |
| Total Fat 9.9g | 15% | |
| Saturated Fat 2.9g | 14% | |
| Monounsaturated Fat 5.2g | ||
| Polyunsaturated Fat 1.2g | ||
| Trans Fat 0.0g | ||
| Cholesterol 3mg | 1% | |
| Sodium 71mg | 2% | |
| Potassium 220mg | 6% | |
| Total Carbohydrate 41.9g | 13% | |
| Dietary Fiber 1.6g | 6% | |
| Sugars 27.4g | ||
| Protein 2.5g | 5% | |
Eccles Cakes
By: JoyfulCook
May 6, 2008
A totally delicious and traditional british cake - 1793 James Birch’s shop on the corner of Vicarage Road in Eccles began selling small, flat, raisin-filled cakes. They sold, quite literally, like hot cakes! This is my Grandmothers recipe, which compared to the original holds a more varied dried fruit. Best to double the recipe as you will never have enough to satisfy everyone
10 -12 Cakes
Ingredients
- 4 ounces currants
- 4 ounces sultanas
- 2 ounces white sugar
- 2 ounces brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 tablespoon marmalade, chunky, heaped
- 1 teaspoon mixed spice
- 1 tablespoon golden syrup
- 8 ounces puff pastry, ready made
Directions
1
Place all the above ingredients in a saucepan, gently bring to the boil, simmer for a minute, stirring constantly and set aside to cool.2
Roll out the pastry and cut into squares about 4 inches square and place a heaped dessert spoon of the mixture in the middle. Fold pastry over and gently flatten so that they are about half an inch thick, slash gently 2-3 times with a knife.3
bake on a lined tray in a hot oven for about 10 minutes until they are golden brown.
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Featured Reviews for This Recipe
From: Vonnie85
On May 21, 2008
This is a great recipe!!! Although I didnt have any marmalade, so I used jam instead, it still made it fantastic. They are beautifully comforting when warm, go fantastically with roasted or poached apples and pears or with just a bit of ice cream. Very versatile as just a snack or a full desert, these old English cakes are sure to make any dried-fruit lover happy.
From: Chef #570804 Halifax Liz
On May 8, 2008
These little cakes are indeed wonderful and not very common in North America. Like this recipe because of the marmalade addition. If you like dried fruits and spice these are for you. Thanks for submitting Joyfulcook.
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