Rock cakes

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4 and line a baking tray with baking parchment.

Step 2

Mix the flour, sugar and baking powder in a bowl and rub in the cubed butter until the mixture looks like breadcrumbs, then mix in the dried fruit.

Step 3

In a clean bowl, beat the egg and milk together with the vanilla extract.

Step 4

Add the egg mixture to the dry ingredients and stir with a spoon until the mixture just comes together as a thick, lumpy dough. Add a teaspoon more milk if you need it to make the mixture stick together.

Step 5

Place spoonfuls of the mixture onto the prepared baking tray. Leave space between them as they will flatten and spread out to double their size during baking.

Step 6

Bake for 15–20 minutes, until golden-brown. Allow to cool for a couple of minutes, then turn them out onto a wire rack to cool.