Just made my first welsh cakes in 30 years with the Davies family recipe and they are BRILLIANT! Thank you so much - I never thought I'd master it...

awesome!!!!

I think it depends on where you are from in Wales as to if the recipe contains spice or not. My nana NEVER called them Welsh cakes she said that was for the English (she was a madam! she also gave me the cooking bug!) She always called them Bake stones,, simply because that's what was used to cook them on, a cast iron bake stone. She always added mixed spice and nutmeg. She also made them with coconut (no spice) for those who didn't like dried fruit. In our family we still call them bake stones and have played with the recipe somewhat making apricot/orange (zest) and pecan ones, cranberry and orange, and using Trader Joes pumpkin butter with choc chips so although not authentic they are still made on a cast iron bake stone. Love the brandy cream idea,,,!