Welsh cakes v pancakes

Welsh cakes v pancakes

the vagaries of the ecclesiastical calendar have led to shrove Tuesday being on...St David's day - given the choice which is it pancakes or Welsh cakes?!

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2 by Exile 1976

Welsh cakes and Bara brith for me.

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3 by OLDCROMWELLIAN

CathedralCounty wrote: February 23rd, 2022, 1:39 pm the vagaries of the ecclesiastical calendar have led to shrove Tuesday being on...St David's day - given the choice which is it pancakes or Welsh cakes?!

I choose both

Re: Welsh cakes v pancakes

4 by Stan A. Einstein

OLDCROMWELLIAN wrote: February 23rd, 2022, 4:02 pm
CathedralCounty wrote: February 23rd, 2022, 1:39 pm the vagaries of the ecclesiastical calendar have led to shrove Tuesday being on...St David's day - given the choice which is it pancakes or Welsh cakes?!
I choose both

That's what I was going to say. I guess that's because we are not only older but also wiser.

Re: Welsh cakes v pancakes

5 by pembsexile

Stan A. Einstein wrote: February 23rd, 2022, 6:37 pm
OLDCROMWELLIAN wrote: February 23rd, 2022, 4:02 pm
CathedralCounty wrote: February 23rd, 2022, 1:39 pm the vagaries of the ecclesiastical calendar have led to shrove Tuesday being on...St David's day - given the choice which is it pancakes or Welsh cakes?!
I choose both
That's what I was going to say. I guess that's because we are not only older but also wiser.

Don’t know about the wiser bit Brendan. Older yes, but…..I asked Mrs P that very question a few hours ago, without any hesitation she said pancakes. I agree with OC and you, I’d like both.

Point of note - I have never heard anyone from Newport call them Welsh cakes. My wife and kids take the pi*** out of me because I was brought up in Newport and we called them bakestones. I still do. Before anyone mentions it, I know that Bakestone is what they are baked on.

Re: Welsh cakes v pancakes

6 by OLDCROMWELLIAN

pembsexile wrote: February 23rd, 2022, 9:33 pm
Stan A. Einstein wrote: February 23rd, 2022, 6:37 pm
OLDCROMWELLIAN wrote: February 23rd, 2022, 4:02 pm
CathedralCounty wrote: February 23rd, 2022, 1:39 pm the vagaries of the ecclesiastical calendar have led to shrove Tuesday being on...St David's day - given the choice which is it pancakes or Welsh cakes?!
I choose both
That's what I was going to say. I guess that's because we are not only older but also wiser.
Don’t know about the wiser bit Brendan. Older yes, but…..I asked Mrs P that very question a few hours ago, without any hesitation she said pancakes. I agree with OC and you, I’d like both.

Point of note - I have never heard anyone from Newport call them Welsh cakes. My wife and kids take the pi*** out of me because I was brought up in Newport and we called them bakestones. I still do. Before anyone mentions it, I know that Bakestone is what they are baked on.

Yet the original name is picau ar y maen. i.e small baked cakes or sweet breads cooked on a stone. Therefore the naming of them as bakestones is more accurate than the anglicised description of Welsh cakes.

Re: Welsh cakes v pancakes

7 by pembsexile

OLDCROMWELLIAN wrote: February 23rd, 2022, 11:19 pm
pembsexile wrote: February 23rd, 2022, 9:33 pm
Stan A. Einstein wrote: February 23rd, 2022, 6:37 pm
OLDCROMWELLIAN wrote: February 23rd, 2022, 4:02 pm
CathedralCounty wrote: February 23rd, 2022, 1:39 pm the vagaries of the ecclesiastical calendar have led to shrove Tuesday being on...St David's day - given the choice which is it pancakes or Welsh cakes?!
I choose both
That's what I was going to say. I guess that's because we are not only older but also wiser.
Don’t know about the wiser bit Brendan. Older yes, but…..I asked Mrs P that very question a few hours ago, without any hesitation she said pancakes. I agree with OC and you, I’d like both.

Point of note - I have never heard anyone from Newport call them Welsh cakes. My wife and kids take the pi*** out of me because I was brought up in Newport and we called them bakestones. I still do. Before anyone mentions it, I know that Bakestone is what they are baked on.
Yet the original name is picau ar y maen. i.e small baked cakes or sweet breads cooked on a stone. Therefore the naming of them as bakestones is more accurate than the anglicised description of Welsh cakes.

Cheers buddy, didn’t know that. I shall take great delight in telling my kids that today.

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8 by mad norm

Bara Brith mentioned earlier...have been known to make some...recipe given to me by my cousin well into her eighties..she lives up a hill near Mold and her ol' man is a Wrexham fan

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9 by OLDCROMWELLIAN

mad norm wrote: February 24th, 2022, 9:03 am Bara Brith mentioned earlier...have been known to make some...recipe given to me by my cousin well into her eighties..she lives up a hill near Mold and her ol' man is a Wrexham fan

Even Wrexham fans are entitled to eat I suppose. How did your cooking of the 'speckled bread' turn out. Believe the soaking of the fruit in tea ( can even add a touch of rum to it ) overnight gives it it's distinctive flavour.

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10 by PortandSud

I'm not too keen on our traditional pancakes but do like the American style pancake but would take a Bakestone first, there's a great café in Solva called" Mamgu" which make their own, they deliver too !
https://mamguwelshcakes.com/

Re: Welsh cakes v pancakes

11 by mad norm

OLDCROMWELLIAN wrote: February 24th, 2022, 9:20 am
mad norm wrote: February 24th, 2022, 9:03 am Bara Brith mentioned earlier...have been known to make some...recipe given to me by my cousin well into her eighties..she lives up a hill near Mold and her ol' man is a Wrexham fan
Even Wrexham fans are entitled to eat I suppose. How did your cooking of the 'speckled bread' turn out. Believe the soaking of the fruit in tea ( can even add a touch of rum to it ) overnight gives it it's distinctive flavour.

Well happy with results....I'll make another batch as I might sneak a drop of Grenadan run into it as well.

Re: Welsh cakes v pancakes

12 by Marky

pembsexile wrote: February 23rd, 2022, 9:33 pm
Stan A. Einstein wrote: February 23rd, 2022, 6:37 pm
OLDCROMWELLIAN wrote: February 23rd, 2022, 4:02 pm
CathedralCounty wrote: February 23rd, 2022, 1:39 pm the vagaries of the ecclesiastical calendar have led to shrove Tuesday being on...St David's day - given the choice which is it pancakes or Welsh cakes?!
I choose both
That's what I was going to say. I guess that's because we are not only older but also wiser.
Don’t know about the wiser bit Brendan. Older yes, but…..I asked Mrs P that very question a few hours ago, without any hesitation she said pancakes. I agree with OC and you, I’d like both.

Point of note - I have never heard anyone from Newport call them Welsh cakes. My wife and kids take the pi*** out of me because I was brought up in Newport and we called them bakestones. I still do. Before anyone mentions it, I know that Bakestone is what they are baked on.

Everyone under 95 in Newport calls them Welsh cakes.

Re: Welsh cakes v pancakes

13 by Exile 1976

They were bakestones when I was growing up on the mean streets of St Julians

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14 by OLDCROMWELLIAN

Exile 1976 wrote: February 24th, 2022, 5:19 pm They were bakestones when I was growing up on the mean streets of St Julians

Yes indeed after Cromwell Road I grew up on the same mean streets. Always called bakestones, made on a cast iron plate still in my possession liberated from Lysaghts in 1912.

Re: Welsh cakes v pancakes

15 by mad norm

As I post mixed fruit,dark brown sugar and half pint of strong tea soaking in a suitable ceramic receptacle overnight.....might be a change from hobnobs tomorrow afternoon

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