The Great Welsh Brew

We had a wonderful afternoon embracing our Welsh culture and raising money for our Spring charity, St David’s Hospice Care which holds a special place in our hearts and supports us on numerous occasions.  We raised £120 thanks to the generous friends and relatives who came to enjoy a cuppa and an array of Welsh teatime treats – Welsh Cakes, Bara Brith and Teisen Lap

Teisen Lap was regarded as an ‘ordinary’ cake, baked fairly regularly in the coal-mining villages of south Wales. It stood the miner in good stead as a ‘sweet’ for his mid-day meal underground, and the moist texture of the cake prevented it from crumbling in his tuck-box.The name describes the texture of the cake as the word llap (rarely used these days in Welsh) means moist or wet. This Welsh farmhouse classic was traditionally baked on a plate, and is best served with a lovely cup of tea.

 Bara brith is a rich fruit loaf made with tea meaning ‘speckled bread’.  This is a traditional Welsh tea-time treat.

Welsh cakes (Welsh: picau ar y maen, pice bach, cacennau cri or teisennau gradell), also bakestones or pics, are a traditional sweet bread in Wales. They have been popular since the late 19th century with the addition of fat, sugar and dried fruit to a longer standing recipe for flat-bread baked on a griddle.