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Hagrid's Rock Cakes | Harry Potter

Bryt @ InLiterature.net
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Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 12

Ingredients
  

Constance Spry version

  • 3 cups plain flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • pinch salt
  • 115 butter
  • 2/3 cup white sugar
  • 3 medium sized eggs
  • 1/2 cup sultanas
  • cream if additional liquid required

1917 rock cake version

  • 115 g butter
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 cup milk
  • 3 cups plain flour + 1 extra cup if required
  • 1/2 cup raisins
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 170C.
  • In a large bowl, stir together the flour, sugar and baking powder.
  • Next, with clean hands, rub together the flour mixture and butter until combined and crumbly.
  • Pour in the milk (or eggs if following the Constance Spry version), then stir in the vanilla and raisins.
  • Add in the additional flour bit by bit if required, until you have a stiff dough.
  • On an oiled or baking paper lined baking tray, drop large tablespoonfuls of the dough on.
  • Bake in the oven until golden brown (~20-30 minutes depending on you oven).

Notes

This recipe is a combination of the one in Constant Fry's Cookery Book, and a 1917 version.
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