Week 4 - Cardiff City - Welsh Cakes

Week Four and I have left it to the last minute again... this time looking for a recipe after the shops have closed Wednesday night!!!!Agghh!!! Looked at easiest recipes first...again....

Found a recipe for welsh cakes - suited my time & pantry constraints... now for a team...
after a little bit of research I discovered Cardiff City. Originally I restricted myself to premier league teams...until now....

Cardiff City were founded in 1899 and are the only non-English side to have won any of the three major English competitions. They won the FA Cup in 1927 , during a decade when they were one of the strongest sides in the English league, finishing runners-up in 1923-24 and also losing 1–0 to Sheffield United in the FA Cup Final of 1925.

Their history in recent years has been less successful but they have made some improvement in the last few seasons. In 1986, they were relegated to the 4th division, and over the next 14 years slipped into the league's basement division three times. In 1996 they were the league's third lowest placed team. However, a football league 2nd division playoff triumph in 2003 lifted them into the Football Leagues 1st Division; as of the 2008–09 season they failed to make the play-offs for the Premier League on goals scored to Preston on the final day of the season.

Welsh Cakes
250g Self-Raising Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
125g Butter
90g Castor Sugar
90g Currants
1/2 tsp Mixed Spice
1 Egg, beaten
about 2 tsp Milk
Sunflower Oil for greasing
*7cm pastry cutter

1. Sift four and baking powder into a large bowl. Add the butter and rub in with the fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
2. Add the sugar, currants, and mixed spice, and stir to mix. Add the egg and enough milk to form a soft dough but not a sticky dough.
3. On a lightly floured work surface, roll out the dough to a thickness of 5mm. Cut into rounds with a pastry cutter.
4. Heat a griddle or a heavy based frying pan and grease with a little oil. Cook the Welsh cakes on the hot griddle or pan over a low heat for about 3 minutes on each side until cooked through and golden brown.
5. Leave to cool on a wire rack. Serve on the day of making if possible.
Makes 12
The Complete Everyday Cookbook, Mary Berry. Dorling Kindersley 1995

Particularly delicious straight out of the pan....Enjoyed by all. Mine were cooked a little too quickly and so got a little dark but tasted delicious. They looked v.rustic.

Next week plan ahead and choose the team first (a couple of days before...)