Easy Mary Berry Rock Cakes in 20 mins

Rock Cakes is one of the first recipes I learned to cook as a child cause it is an easy treat to prepare at school and everyone loved them! The Mary Berry Rock Cakes recipe is a very simple popular version of the little scone-like cakes that I’m excited to share!

Yields: 12 servings
Prep Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins Total: 20 mins

What are the Mary Berry Rock Cakes?

These Mary Berry Rock Cakes are a light scone like buns, crumbly tea-time favourite. They’re lovely while they are still warm from the oven and so fun and easy to make. Let the kids enjoy the baking too.

Mary Berry Rock Cake Recipe

Ingredients

• Self-Raising Flour, 8 oz
• Baking powder, 2 tsp
• Butter, 4 oz softened
• Sugar, 2 oz
• Dried fruit mixed, 4 oz
• Currants, 2 oz
• Egg, 1 large
• Milk, 1 tbs
• Demerara sugar for sprinkling

How to Make Mary Berry Rock Cakes?

1. Pre heat the oven to 200°C or to 180°C with fan. Lightly grease 2 baking trays.
2. Add the flour and baking powder into a large bowl.
3. Add the butter and rub in with your fingertips until the mixture becomes breadcrumbs.
4. Stir in the sugar and fruit. Mix well until they’re combined evenly.
5. Beat the egg and milk together in a small bowl and add to the fruity mixture.
6. Add a little milk, if the mixture is too dry.
7. Shape the mixture into about 12 rock cakes and place on the baking tray.
8. Sprinkle generously with demerara sugar.
9. Bake in the pre-heated oven for about 15 minutes or until until they become golden brown at the top.
10. Cool on a wire rack.

Tips

• Use wholemeal self-raising flour if you like, adding a little extra milk.

Mary Berry Rock Cakes

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Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 15 mins

Total Time 25 mins

Course Breakfast, Brunch, Dessert

Cuisine British

Servings 12 servings

Ingredients

  

• 8 oz flour self-raising
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 4 oz butter softened
• 2 oz sugar
• 4 oz dried fruit mixed
• 2 oz currants
• 1 large egg
• 1 tbsp milk
• demerara sugar for sprinkling

Instructions

 

• Pre heat the oven to 200°C or to 180°C with fan. Lightly grease 2 baking trays.
• Add the flour and baking powder into a large bowl.
• Add the butter and rub in with your fingertips until the mixture becomes breadcrumbs.
• Stir in the sugar and fruit. Mix well until they're combined evenly.
• Beat the egg and milk together in a small bowl and add to the fruity mixture.
• Add a little milk, if the mixture is too dry.
• Shape the mixture into about 12 rock cakes and place on the baking tray.
• Sprinkle generously with demerara sugar.
• Bake in the pre-heated oven for about 15 minutes or until until they become golden brown at the top.
• Cool on a wire rack.

Notes

Use wholemeal self-raising flour if you like, adding a little extra milk.

Keyword buns, currants, eggs, flour