Mildly sweet, slightly spicy, easy to bake butter cookies. These are topped with currants in the shape of a cross. Soul cakes are traditionally made on Halloween (two days before All Soul's Day). This recipe is adapted from lavenderandlovage.com.
Soul cakes
Soul cakes are traditionally made on Halloween (two days before All Soul's Day). These are mildly sweet, a bit spicy and topped with currants in the shape of a cross. This recipe is adapted from lavenderandlovage.com.
Ingredients
- 175 grams Unsalted butter
- 160 grams Sugar Granulated
- 3 numbers Egg yolk
- 450 grams All purpose flour
- 100 grams cranberry / Currant Dried
- ⅓ - ½ cup milk
- 1 teaspoon mixed spice
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 375F.
- Make sure that butter is in room temperature. Cut butter into cubes so that it would be easy to beat it. Using electric/stand mixer, beat butter in large bowl until fluffy.
- Powder sugar and beat until blended.
- Beat in egg yolks.
- Sift the flour into another bowl with the mixed spice and then add them part by part to the above mixture. Mix well after each addition.
- Add enough milk to make it a soft dough.
- Roll the dough out and cut out little cakes with a biscuit cutter. Set them on baking sheet. You can space them closely, they do not spread.
- Mark each cake with a cross and decorate dried cranberry / currant on the cross.
- Bake it for 10 to 15 minutes or until golden brown.
- Cool on a wire rack and the store in an airtight tin for up to 5 days.
Nutrition
Serving: 42gCalories: 365kcalCarbohydrates: 51gProtein: 6gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 43mgSodium: 11mgPotassium: 85mgFiber: 1gSugar: 17gVitamin A: 475IUVitamin C: 0.05mgCalcium: 38mgIron: 2mg
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What spices/amounts are used in this recipe? They’re not listed
Thanks for pointing it out. I have updated the recipe with the measurement. I used a mix of cinnamon powder and cardamom powder.