St. David’s Day Welsh Cakes are light and fluffy teatime treats that are cross between a pancake, cookie and scone and are purely delicious way to celebrate St. David’s Day.
St. David’s Day Welsh Cakes are delicious way to Celebrate St. David’s Day
These delightful cakes are such a fun treat. They are completely portable little fun teatime treats. You can eat them for breakfast, a mid-afternoon snack or anytime you are craving something slightly sweet. Easy enough to just eat in your hands or decadent enough to eat with garnish berries and Homemade Coconut Whipped Cream.
Have you ever heard of St. David’s Day?
I personally had never heard of it before until I was invited to a St.David’s Day gathering this weekend to enjoy in the heritage festivities of the this Welsh tradition.
St. David’s Day History
Now most everyone has heard of St. Patrick’s day, have you not?  This saint is from Ireland. We drink green beer and Irish traditions are well known around the world. However, St. David was born some time in the middle of the 6th century, about 542 AD, in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, and is thus the only one of the British Saints to be Patron of his home country.
St David  also known as Dewi Sant was a Celtic monk, abbot and bishop, who lived in the sixth century. He spread the word of Christianity across Wales.
The most famous story about Saint David tells how he was preaching to a huge crowd and the ground is said to have risen up, so that he was standing on a hill and everyone had a better chance of hearing him. He was known as a powerful orator and many legends grew up about miraculous events around him.
St. David died on March 1st in 589 AD and he was canonized in 1120; his feast has been celebrated on the anniversary of his death ever since.
There are many customs and traditions to be enjoyed by all. Of course there is rugby but that is a little difficult to play in an apartment in Hong Kong. So instead one of the guests shared with us the story behind the Welsh Heart (Love) Spoons and the tribute to their rugby teams.
Welsh heart spoons have the tradition of being gifted during weddings or other significant joyous events. Each carving has distinct meanings and sediment to those it is passed on to and is cherished by the family or team it is given to.
The Welsh Heart Spoons are carved from one piece of wood to display the carver’s skill. The carver uses nothing more than a knife, or small pocket-knife. The handle received his full attention and skills, eventually being carved with piercings, relief, fretwork, or all three woodcarving techniques.
Wooden chains, swivels, balls within chains and rings displayed even greater skills, as the carvers figured out how to make these from one piece of wood.
During St. David’s Day celebrations there is a lot of singing, playing of the harp and of course eating. The national emblems of Wales is the daffodil and the leek. Our dear hostess created a lovely potato and leek soup and I needed to bring a dish to pass.
Welsh Cakes the perfect dish to pass
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St. David's Day Welsh Cakes
Ingredients
- 3 cups flour
all purpose - 1.5 cups coconut flour
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 12 tsp butter
softened - 1.5 cups coconut sugar
or sugar alternative of choice - 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 2 cups raisins
- 4 eggs
- 8 tbsp almond milk or milk or dairy alternative of choice
- oil spray
- granulated sugar for garnishing - optional
- Garnishes (butter, assorted jams, honey, even shipped cream and berries- whatever your little heart desires) - optional
Instructions
- Sift flour, coconut flour, baking powder and salt into bowl. Add butter and mix until resembles fine breadcrumbs. Stir in sugar and raisins. Beat the eggs lightly and add to flour mixture with just enough milk to make a firm dough similar to shortcrust pastry.
- Chill dough 1 to 2 hours.
- Roll the dough to 1/4 inch on floured surface and cut with 3 inch rounds. (I used a glass to make round circles and one of my heart-shaped cookie cutters) Bake the cakes on a greased griddle over low heat until golden brown. Cool and sprinkle with sugar. These also freeze well.
- Enjoy St. David's Day Welsh cakes on this special day or any day you want a lovely snack, yummy breakfast treat or tea time treat. Traditionally it is served with jams or honey. You can also really kick it up with some whipping cream and berries for a real treat. They can be served hot off the griddle my favorite or at room temperature. Happy St. David's Day!
I had not heard of St David’s Day before. I love the look of your little cakes…I think they turned out perfectly. Well done, Bam!
You just have to love Jamie Oliver… this recipe is spot on but I did replace for a bit of coconut flour and that was delicious.
I love the addition of the coconut flour BAM. I don’t use it often enough. These look divine and I will certainly add these to my list of new recipes to try. They look so good makes me want to grab one right out of the computer screen. 🙂
Thank you Karista. I use coconut flour and many gluten friendly alternatives in my home as I am gluten intolerant. I also love your “run for the bus pancakes” that are so vey similar. I will have to give yours a try but maybe with almond flour and some adjustments. Take Care, BAM
LOL re Stig spotting! I get my content searched for “Chipconnoisseur” – if it;s there I ususally receive a txt within an hour of posting – he does have a busy job. PS I want one of those cakes!
Good eye Martyna regarding the Stig spotting. I am still waiting for my hubby to comment. I guess the Stig is still on duty…. Take care, BAM