So....baking powder biscuits, fried like pancakes? Is it just shadows in the picture, or are there raisins in the middle, or cut and filled with jam? Pretty with the transferware. I still remember how to say "cup of tea, please" in Welsh, but not how to spell it. :)

Oops -- Phillog -- left out the currants in the recipe! Sorry -- will go and fix!

I wonder what would happen if you just bake them in the oven...? I am part Welsh, so Happy St. David's Day!

Yum! Here's a Welsh dragon for you. He guards the Welsh memorial to fallen soldiers in the Somme, northern France.

Plllog, they're not fried, the griddle is dry- at least, that's how I've made mine. There's more than enough butter in the mix to keep them from sticking. I'm pretty sure Dafydd is pronounced "DAHvuhth" as the double "d" is pronounced "th" as in "the", not "with", and the "a" is short, not long.

That's why I said "more or less". The vowels have some variations by region. The fricative at the end reflects the original Hebrew (which isn't there anymore in Modern Hebrew). I believe it's also an end of syllable variation, but it's been decades since I studied Welsh, and most of what I remember are rote phrases rather than the rules. I do remember that te changes to de when asking for a cup of tea (medial following o). It's a very interesting language. :)

Thanks for the clarification on the method.

I made the Welsh cakes today, they were delicious, and DH enjoyed them too.

Somewhere I have a recipe called 'girdle scones' that is very similar - but its origin is Irish, I believe. I used to make them with our playcamp kids, for St. Patrick's Day, using an electric skillet, since we have no kitchen or oven at our rec. center.

IIRC, there was no egg, just buttermilk.

DD and grandsons are arriving next week. Time to bake goodies, and I think Irish soda bread must be baked. Wonder what else??? Ranger cookies were a hit, and pound cake always is good. Maybe a birthday cake to share even though their father will be in Napa with DD and his parents touring wineries. A wonderful birthday present every year from his parents.

Girdle scones are Scottish as well, though the Scottish ones are more like pikelets/silver dollar pancakes.

Welsh cakes are thick like in the picture above. Scottish girdle cakes are like these

https://www.lavenderandlovage.com/2012/07/scotch-griddle-cakes-with-heather-honey-for-scotland-and-best-of-british.html

It's what is called a muffin in England. The names are all different depending which British country you're in. Very hard to know just what you'd be getting!

Islay, the recipe you linked is more like a pancake than a muffin. Muffins are more bread-like.

Unless you're in America today, in which case muffins are more like cupcakes, unless they are English Muffins, in which case they are more like bread.

Annie

Different countries, different names. I get so confused.......lol

Imagine my confusion when I'm using my little cookbooks from various countries in Great Britain and they have no photos and I have no idea what the end product is supposed to look like.

I had to learn how to pan-bake breads once when my oven was broken. Also did it when camping. Lately I have been hankering to try a few types again. Cabin fever mixed with frigid temps are activating a carb overload reflex!

Lol !