Air Fryer Rock Cakes
User Reviews
5
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Prep Time
10 mins
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Cook Time
8 mins
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Total Time
18 mins
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Servings
7
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Calories
313 kcal
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Cuisine
International
Air Fryer Rock Cakes
Description
These Rock Cakes start by combining self-raising flour and caster sugar, incorporating cold butter until the mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs. Currants and mixed peel provide traditional dried fruit flavors throughout the dough, which is bound together with egg and skimmed milk added gradually to reach a thick batter-like consistency.
The dough is shaped into blobs placed on foil-lined air fryer baskets and cooked at 180°C for about eight minutes. This method cooks the cakes evenly while retaining moisture, creating a slightly dense crumb with a crisp exterior. The fruit adds sweetness and texture throughout.
The recipe suggests adjusting the currants and peel quantity based on preference and highlights the importance of adding milk incrementally to achieve the correct dough consistency. Rock Cakes are best served warm with butter and jam and can be made in batches to fill the air fryer basket as needed.
Ingredients
- 225 g self-raising flour
- 100 g butter unsalted
- 50 g caster sugar
- 100 g currants
- 30 g mixed peel
- 1 egg medium
- 60 ml skimmed milk
Kitchen Gadgets
- Cosori Air Fryer
Instructions
- Load into a bowl the flour and the sugar and then add in the butter chopped into chunks.
- Mix the fat into the flour and sugar until you have a bowl of coarse breadcrumbs.
- Then add in the egg and currants and the peel and mix well.
- Next add enough milk to make a wet dough. Adding a little milk at a time until you have a dough that is like overly sticky scone mix or like a really thick cake batter.
- Line your air fryer with foil as the rock buns are sticky as you add the mixture into the air fryer.
- Then use a tablespoon to add 2 heaped tablespoons of mix onto the foil, spreading it out so that four blobs of rock cake mix will fit in the air fryer basket.
- Then air fry for 8 minutes at 180c/360f doing it in batches if needed. Then serve with butter and jam.
Notes
- Add milk gradually to get a sticky dough consistency like a thick cake batter.
- Currants and mixed peel amounts can be increased for a fruitier cake.
- Line the air fryer basket with foil to prevent sticking since the dough is sticky.
- Cook the cakes in batches if your air fryer basket cannot fit all at once.
- Serve warm, spread with butter and jam for a traditional treat.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 7Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 313 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 313kcal | 16% |
| Carbohydrates | 45g | 15% |
| Protein | 6g | 12% |
| Fat | 13g | 20% |
| Saturated Fat | 8g | 40% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Trans Fat | 0.5g | 25% |
| Cholesterol | 54mg | 18% |
| Sodium | 25mg | 1% |
| Potassium | 173mg | 4% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 20g | 40% |
| Vitamin A | 421IU | 8% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 37mg | 4% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
5
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