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Baking & dessert

Eccles cakes

Makes 8 cakes.

Recipe bywjf.morris
BakingNon-sourdough
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Total time1 hr 41 min
DifficultyModerate
Community ratingNew recipe
Whole recipe30.4g protein
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Serves
8

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Method

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  1. 01

    Read, weigh and prepare

    5 minHands-on

    Read the full method, check the stated equipment and prepare every listed ingredient. Keep dough, filling, wash, topping and handling groups separate. Weigh edible parts as described in the ingredient list.

  2. 02

    Make fruit filling

    4 minHands-on

    Melt filling butter gently, stir in currants, filling sugar, mixed peel, mixed spice and orange zest, then take off heat.

  3. 03

    Cool filling

    20 minHands-off · check as directed

    Cool completely so the filling cannot melt pastry butter.

  4. 04

    Start heating the oven

    1 minHands-on

    Heat the oven to 200°C fan.

  5. 05

    Allow the oven to heat

    14 minHands-off · check as directed

    Allow about 15 minutes of heating in total and check that the oven has reached 200°C fan.

  6. 06

    Roll and cut pastry

    5 minHands-on

    Roll pastry on the listed handling flour to about 3 mm thick. Cut circles about 12 cm wide according to yield; gather scraps gently.

  7. 07

    Fill and seal

    8 minHands-on

    Divide cold filling between circles. Gather edges over the filling and pinch tightly closed, moistening very lightly only if needed. Turn seam down and flatten to about 9 cm wide.

  8. 08

    Glaze and slit

    3 minHands-on

    Arrange on the lined tray, brush with finish egg white, scatter demerara sugar and cut short steam slits.

  9. 09

    Load the prepared bake

    2 minHands-on

    Check the oven has reached the stated setting and carefully put in the prepared tray or tin.

  10. 10

    Bake Eccles cakes

    22 minHands-off · check as directed

    Bake at 220°C conventional / 200°C fan for 18–25 minutes until puffed, deeply golden and crisp underneath.

  11. 11

    Take out of the oven

    1 minHands-on

    Take the bake out of the oven and set it on a heatproof surface.

  12. 12

    Cool

    30 minHands-off · check as directed

    Cool on a rack before eating; the fruit filling retains heat.

Equipment check

2 items required

  • Rolling pin
  • lined tray

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