Rock cakes are traditional English cookies with a crumbly and light consistency, often served as a part of afternoon tea. The cookies are usually made with a combination of flour, sugar, baking powder, butter, eggs, vanilla extract, milk, and dried fruits such as raisins or sultanas.
The thick and lumpy dough is placed onto a baking tray, and rock cakes are then baked until golden brown. It's recommended to eat them while they are still warm. Although the rock cakes look similar to scones, the dough for the rock cake is stiffer, and the size is smaller.
"I recommend their rock cakes."
"Our personal highlight, warm rock cakes served with clotted cream and jam."
"Whenever we go to Arundel we always have a rock cake at 16h Century tearoom’s, Belinda’s in Tarrant Street. Their rock cakes are served slightly warm with a knob of butter. The cakes have apricot pieces, raisins and flaked almonds inside and dusted on top with a little castor sugar. Without the butter they would be still very nice indeed."
"Fist-sized and splendid rock cakes."
"I would definitely recommend their Norfolk Rock Cakes."