Dairy free rock cakes

Name: Dairy free rock cakes
Total time: 35 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 225g self-raising flour; 1 tsp mixed spice; 100g dairy free spread, cold, from a block; 75g soft light brown sugar; 100g mixed dried fruit; 1 lemon, zest only|lemons; 1 egg; 2 tbsp oat milk

Craggy little fruit cakes, crisp outside and soft inside. Quick to mix and made with dairy free spread.

Time35 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.16 a head
Oven200°C (180°C fan)

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

10 cakes

Ingredients

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225 gself-raising flour
1 tspmixed spice
100 gdairy free spreadcold, from a block
75 gsoft light brown sugar
100 gmixed dried fruit
1lemonzest only|lemons
1egg
2 tbspoat milk

Method

1
Heat the oven to 200°C (180°C fan). Line a baking tray with baking paper.
2
Mix the flour and spice in a bowl. Rub in the cold spread with your fingertips until it looks like breadcrumbs.
3
Stir in the sugar, dried fruit and lemon zest.
4
Beat the egg with the oat milk and stir into the mix with a fork until you have a stiff, lumpy dough. It should be too stiff to stir easily.
5
Pile 10 rough heaps onto the tray, leaving a gap between each.
6
Bake for 15 minutes until golden. Cool on a wire rack. Best eaten the same day.
15 min

Double check before you cook. Recipes can contain mistakes. Any diet labels come from the ingredients as written in this recipe and are a guide, not a guarantee. Always check every ingredient and the packet label for allergens and cross contamination, and ask your doctor or dietitian what is right for you, especially with coeliac disease, diabetes or a serious allergy. This is not medical advice.