World Flavors Cookbook

Eccles Cake

Small, round flaky pastries filled with a rich mixture of currants and spices, known as "squashed fly cakes".

Cuisine: England

Ingredients

• Puff pastry
• Filling: butter, brown sugar, currants, nutmeg, candied peel
• Egg white and sugar for topping

Instructions

1. Melt butter and sugar, stir in fruit and spices.
2. Cut pastry circles, place filling in center, and gather edges to seal.
3. Flatten slightly, score the top, and brush with egg white.
4. Bake at 220°C for 15 minutes until crispy and golden.