The Recipe Bin: Welsh - Desserts & Candies

    Tiessennau Mel
    Honey Cakes
     
     
    4 oz Honey
    1 tsp Cinnamon
    4 oz Brown Sugar
    1 Egg
    ½ lb Flour
    ½ tsp Bicarbonate Of Soda
    4 oz Butter Or Margarine
    Castor Sugar
    A Little Milk
     
     
    • Sieve together flour, cinnamon and bicarbonate of soda.
    • Cream butter and sugar.
    • Separate the egg yolk from the white.
    • Beat the yolk into sugar and butter, then add the honey, gradually.
    • Stir in the flour with a little milk as required and mix all together lightly.
    • Whisk the egg white into a stiff froth and fold into mixture.
    • Half fill small patty tins with the mixture; dredge the top of each with castor sugar.
    • Bake in a hot oven for 20 minutes.
    • Oven control Gas mark 6 (400°F) or 7 (425°F).
    • When ready sprinkle a little more sugar.
     
    Makes approximately 6 servings.

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