Eccles cakes recipe

Eccles cakes recipe

www.sainsburysmagazine.co.uk

A Great British classic, bake our Eccles cakes recipe for a traditional teatime treat. These puff pastry cakes are filled with spiced dried fruit and baked until risen and golden. Delicious warm out...

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Cooking tools:

  • Cookie cutter
  • Rolling pin
  • Pastry brush
  • Oven
  • Mixing bowl
  • Wooden spoon
  • Baking sheet
  • Parchment paper
  • Chef's knife
  • Measuring spoon
  • Kitchen scale
  • Plastic wrap
  • Airtight container

Ingredients

  • 500g puff pastry block
  • 150g currants
  • 50g chopped mixed peel
  • zest and juice of ½ lemon
  • zest and juice of ½ orange
  • 1 tbsp whisky or brandy (or extra orange juice)
  • 50g soft butter
  • 50g light muscovado (or light brown) sugar
  • ½ tsp ground nutmeg
  • ½ tsp ground allspice
  • ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 medium egg, beaten
  • 1½ tbsp demerara sugar

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