Rock Cakes

Preparation time: 20 mins
Cooking time: 10 mins

2 cups SR flour
100g cold unsalted butter, cut into cubes
1/2 cup castor sugar
1/2 cup currants (I used craisins)
2 tbs glace ginger, finely chopped (can do without this)
1 egg
1/4 cup milk
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/3 cup demerera sugar to sprinkle (try castor)


1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees.
2. Sift flour and rub butter in with fingers until resembling bread crumbs.
3. Add sugar, currants and ginger and mix.
4. Add egg, milk and vanilla into another bowl and combine.
5. Add milk mixture to flour mixture and mix until a stiff dough.
6. Drop dessert spoonfuls of dough onto baking sheet, sprinkle sugar and bake for 10 mins