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Welsh cakes (Welsh: picau ar y maen, pice bach, cacen gri or teisen radell) are traditional Welsh snacks.
   The cakes are also known as bakestones within Wales because they're traditionally cooked on a bakestone (Welsh: maen), a cast iron griddle about 1.5 cm or more thick which is placed on the fire or cooker.
   Welsh cakes are made from flour, butter or lard, eggs, sugar, and currants and/or raisins. They are roughly circular, a couple of inches (4–6 cm) in diameter and about half an inch (1–1.5 cm) thick.
   Welsh cakes are served hot or cold dusted with caster sugar. Unlike scones, they're not usually eaten with an accompaniment, though they're sometimes sold ready split and spread with jam, and they're sometimes buttered. They are often eaten with tea.
   In some regions of Wales, the bakestone is a food separate from the Welsh cake, being larger and less sweet.

Variation

Llech Cymreig: cooked with plain flour (particularly wholemeal flour), rather than the standard self-raising flour and baking powder, resulting in a much flatter and crisper cake. Typically, this variant is made as a slab on a bakestone, or nowadays on a baking tray, hence the name Llech Cymreig (literally, "Welsh slab").

Jam Split: popular in the Valleys. As the name suggests, this is a Welsh cake split horizontally, with jam (and sometimes butter) added, rather like a sandwich.Further Information

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