Traditional Soul Cakes
Samhain also known as Halloween or all souls eve .
What is a soul cookie?
Soul cakes are traditional English sweet cookies with raisins that are made for Samhain or Halloween, All Saints Day and All Souls Day. Traditional soul cakes are sweet round cookie with cross on top, filled with raisins and a touch of spices.
What is the history of soul cakes?
They were used to pay the beggars who came around on All Souls' Eve and offered to say prayers for the family's departed. One cake given, one soul saved — cheap at the price. Elsewhere, they were given to the costumed entertainers known ntertainers known as mummers, who made their merry rounds Halloween.
What is the tradition of soul cakes?
Soul Cakes are small round spiced cakes, made for All Soul's Day to celebrate and commemorate the dead. Traditionally, soul cakes would be given out to children and the poor who would go from door to door, begging for alms or “Souling”, on All Soul's Day. Every cake eaten would represent a soul freed from Purgatory.
What was Souling?
Poor people would visit the houses of wealthier families and receive pastries called soul cakes in exchange for a promise to pray for the souls of the homeowners' dead relatives
Traditional Soul Cakes
Samhain also known as Halloween or all souls eve .
What is a soul cookie?
Soul cakes are traditional English sweet cookies with raisins that are made for Samhain or Halloween, All Saints Day and All Souls Day. Traditional soul cakes are sweet round cookie with cross on top, filled with raisins and a touch of spices.
What is the history of soul cakes?
They were used to pay the beggars who came around on All Souls' Eve and offered to say prayers for the family's departed. One cake given, one soul saved — cheap at the price. Elsewhere, they were given to the costumed entertainers known ntertainers known as mummers, who made their merry rounds Halloween.
What is the tradition of soul cakes?
Soul Cakes are small round spiced cakes, made for All Soul's Day to celebrate and commemorate the dead. Traditionally, soul cakes would be given out to children and the poor who would go from door to door, begging for alms or “Souling”, on All Soul's Day. Every cake eaten would represent a soul freed from Purgatory.
What was Souling?
Poor people would visit the houses of wealthier families and receive pastries called soul cakes in exchange for a promise to pray for the souls of the homeowners' dead relatives
Cooking Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 190 C / 375 F.
- 2
Add butter to the large bowl. Add sugar.
175 g butter,175 g white granulated sugar - 3
Using hand mixer or stand mixer, mix butter with sugar.
- 4
Add egg yolks and mix again.
3 egg yolks - 5
Sieve flour in egg, butter and sugar mixture.
450 g flour - 6
Sieve spices on top of the flour.
2 tsp mixed spice - 7
Mix all ingredients in a bowl
- 8
Gradually add milk, combining with a spatula until the dough comes together.
6-7 tbsp milk - 9
Ransfer the dough to the silicone mat or surface, dusted with flour.
- 10
Knead the dough with hands until well combined.
- 11
Add half raisins, and knead them in the dough.
70 g raisins - 12
Add more raisins while kneading the dough.
- 13
Roll the dough with a rolling pin about 1/4 inch or 0.6 cm thick.
- 14
Cut the round shape cookies with the cookie cutter. Take a knife and make and x marks on the cookies.
- 15
Transfer the cookies to the baking tray, layered with parchment paper. Leave the space between the cookies. Cut the cross on each cookie. Bake 15-20 minutes until golden
- 16
Bake another batch of cookies. Let them cool for 10 minutes. Dust the cookies with powdered sugar.
2 tbsp powdered sugar
- 17
To make mixed spice, combine 1/2 tsp or each ground spice: cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg.
Soul cakes will keep up to 4 days in air tight container at room temperature.
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