Fig and almond rock cakes recipe | Sainsbury`s Magazine

Fig and almond rock cakes recipe | Sainsbury`s Magazine

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Fat rascals are a fruity Elizabethan bake that’s synonymous today with Bettys Cafe Tea Rooms in Yorkshire, who sells 375,000 a year and have even trademarked the name. Our take on them are these...

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Ingredients

  • 50g blanched almonds
  • 200g self-raising flour
  • 100g plain flour
  • 1½ tsp ground mixed spice
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 150g cold butter, diced
  • 75g golden caster sugar
  • finely grated zest of 2 small oranges
  • 175g dried figs, finely chopped
  • 1 medium egg, beaten, plus 1 extra yolk, beaten, to glaze
  • 75ml buttermilk
  • softened butter or clotted cream and jam, to serve, optional

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