Americans Try Welsh Cakes and Chocolate from Wales for the First Time!

[@georgiawebb6073]

The Welsh cakes are even better when homemade and still warm.

[@Wiiggz]

With big chunks of dairy milk rather than raisins

[@valeriewalker3886]

With lots of butter.

[@wenglishsal]

And with a cuppa too.. YUMMY :D

[@weedle30]

*adds Welsh Cakes to online delivery order coming tomoz morning…..👍🏻😘….checks there’s enough butter and tea quotas ✔️ ….looking forward to ‘elevenses’ already*

[@vastgirth4928]

One of the things I miss most about living in Wales is the fresh welshcakes from Swansea Market. Its been 20 years and I will hanker after one

[@felixhenson9926]

Haha you two are such a cat and dog ppl couple! Lynsey's always chill and quietly impressed, like a cat, Steve is SO enthusiastic if anything's good haha, like a dog!

[@reactingtomyroots]

😂 that's a pretty accurate description!

[@hannukah812]

This is such a good description! 😂

[@butterflyreflections]

@@reactingtomyroots or their eyes like car lights - Steve's excitement is full beam, Lynsey, flickers

[@RayDavies-zv5ic]

My wife, who is English, periodically makes me (I am Welsh) Welsh cakes. They are outstanding and very more-ish. She uses a very heavy circular "stone" made, unofficially, in a Welsh steelworks some 60 to 70 years ago. "Cymru" is pronounced "cumree".

[@grahamtravers4522]

My gran called them (the cakes) bakestones.

[@satsumamoon]

Its more like come riff , without the ff.

[@rosemarieross4277]

My husband when he was an apprentice ( in the late 1960's early 70's) iron & steel moulder used to make bakestones & fire baskets.

[@AmberIsAPoemMistress]

cast iron bake stone, ive have one in my family for generations (we are welsh) with a family welshcake recipe that gets passed down, we all learn from a young age how to make welshcakes from scratch :D and how to safely use and look after the bakestone

[@grahamtravers4522]

@@AmberIsAPoemMistress We (also Welsh) call that (cast iron hot plate) a griddle.

[@tracyr2842]

Welsh cakes are a staple food in most Welsh homes even still. My Mam would make a batch most Sundays. Took her hours!

[@grahamstubbs4962]

During the Berlin airlift, an American pilot dropped Hershey's chocolate to the children below. Seen at the time as an act of charity, now widely perceived as terrorism.

[@chixma7011]

😂😂

[@waynethomas4728]

🤣

[@Hexicawitchbroom]

Welsh cakes are fab spread with a bit of butter. Hubby's favourite. We live in the Cambrian mountains. Welsh cakes are a staple here 😋

[@reactingtomyroots]

They're definitely delicious!

[@mrteacup8781]

Cambria is the same root word as Cymru (and cumbria) it's the original name of britain

[@maddermax74]

as a welsh man got to say you cant beat the smell and taste of fresh cooked welsh cakes be it from a market or at a car boot sale, i love the ones cut in half with a jam in middle mmmm

[@markjones127]

Welsh cakes are just a flat scone cooked on a griddle, homemade and still warm they literally melt in the mouth, but we do always eat them with butter, lots of butter! When I was a kid my Mum would make they alongside 'Drop Scones' (which are nothing like Scones!) which is what we call Scotch Pancakes which are very similar to your American breakfast pancakes, but Drop Scones are small like Welsh Cakes and again eaten with butter, we basically eat everything with butter in Wales, you should try and get hold of some Bara Brith too which is a fruit cake/bread which again we eat spread with butter, if you liked shop bought Welsh cakes you'll absolutely LOVE homemade ones, and they're super quick and easy to make.

[@garethhackney4814]

Never worry about not being good with Welsh. We appreciate and enjoy people trying it. I've never known anyone be annoyed when someone tries and fails. As for your try, you did a good go as you've not heard it really. Well done.

[@reactingtomyroots]

Appreciate the encouragement :)

[@Jeni10]

Years ago, an American friend of mine sent me the ingredients for Smores and the instructions for how to make it. I followed the instructions, took one bite, chewed it for ten seconds and then spat it out! It was a massive sugar rush and I couldn’t hand.e it! Nothing in Australia is that sweet!

[@reactingtomyroots]

They are very very sweet, that's for sure!

[@charlestaylor9424]

Adding a square of the really dark chocolate to chilli enhances the flavour.

[@vallee3140]

I actually buy chillie chocolate its delicious

[@marygarnham764]

Hi Steve and Lindsey, you’ve just GOT TO HAVE A HOT CUP OF TEA with the BUTTERED Welsh Cakes. Regards, Mary G.

[@reactingtomyroots]

We actually said that afterward! :)

[@IGSkaarj]

Good on you for quitting smoking. It's the best decision you could make in terms of your health. My dad didn't quit smoking until he ended up needing a heart bypass, and then all the health issues he had that were being masked by the smoking suddenly came to light, including cancer, which unfortunatey took his life a few years later. Seeing him in the hosipital bed hooked up to a drip after the bypass operation made me swear to *never* take up smoking for the rest of my life, and I've try to discourage people from the habit ever since.

[@skipper409]

Currants in cakes are specifically small raisins (dried grapes). Currants “the flavour” are made with blackcurrants, red currants or even rarer white currants. They’re no relation to grape origin currants. Sultanas are basically golden raisins

[@chrissmith8773]

Currants, raisins and sultanas are all variants of dried grapes. They are not related to blackcurrants or red currants.

[@maryavatar]

Only in the US. In the UK, currants are dried blackcurrants.

[@highlyunlikely3698]

​@@maryavatar that's not true

[@RedPhone-mz5lv]

Yes they are

[@botticellirejectbotticelli2668]

@@maryavatarThat’s not true, currants are from the small seedless grape cultivar Black Corinth (Vitis vinifera)

[@RosemaryThomas-i4d]

@@maryavatar. Currants are not dried Blackcurrants in the Uk. The are a type of small sweet dried grape . If you Google it you will see what it tells you about the grape.

[@jillybrooke29]

We used to buy chocolate liqueurs (definately alcoholic) for our parents at Xmas. I loved them when I was a child.

[@TheStar798]

OMG! Ditto!! I forgot that 😂😂😂 - then my sisters and I nicked most of them once the cellophane was off!

[@TanyaRando]

Cherry liqueurs was a regular lol

[@WelshAmericanChannel]

Hello from the Welsh American Channel. Just want to let you know that we Welsh Americans are very interested in Welsh Cakes. Cymru am byth!

[@christopherwarren9439]

Hi Steve love watching your vids you do with you and your family. Watching this vid in hospital on my phone.not letting being in hospital make me miss your vids. keep doing them and send my regards to your family 😊😊😊😊

[@brigidsingleton1596]

Sad that you're in hospital - hope nothing seriously amiss, but that you'll be feeling better soon. Take care. (from another 'follower' of Steve & his lovely family, here in London, UK). 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🧡🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿😏🇬🇧🖖

[@russellfrancis6294]

Best wishes Christopher Warren. Hang in there!@@brigidsingleton1596

[@christopherwarren9439]

@@brigidsingleton1596 Hello thank you for your concern no nothing serious. I keep going and smiling . I am from Stoke on trent Staffs🙂🙂🙂

[@reactingtomyroots]

Appreciate you Christopher! Hope all is well and you're out of the hospital soon.

[@christopherwarren9439]

@@reactingtomyroots Thank you Steve I am feeling a lot better hoping to be home soon. To get back back to my comfy bed and my own cooking . keep doing the vids love watching them

[@louiseteaches]

Having just moved to Wales from England, I love this! (I was born in England, but my Grandad's side of the family are all Welsh.) Welsh cakes are delicious!

[@amoore6981]

Montezumas 100% dark chocolate is awesome if you're diabetic, there is only 7.2g carbs in the whole bar. One strip of it really helps with the chocolate cravings. Makes nice hot chocolate if grated into warm milk too.

[@martynnotman3467]

A glass of neat whisky and a piece of dark chocolate go great together

[@steveclarke6257]

Highland Park and 85% cocoa chocolate.....a great combo

[@stevenburgess2856]

Penderyn is about half an hour away from me - its a whiskey distillery. My mother and grandmother made Welsh cakes all the time. Good luck with the Welsh pronounciation! To a non-Welsh speaker Welsh looks like an explosion in a Scrabble factory! Diolch yn fawr ddau! Tan- y-Castell - pronounced Tan ur Castel Penderyn - pronounced Pen-derrin Good Morning - Bor-eh dah (Bore da) How are you - Shoe my (Sut Mae) Welcome - Croy-so (Croeso) Goodbye - Hoy-l (Hwyl)

[@geoffpoole483]

The same can be said about Polish. Welsh isn't quite so daunting once one knows what sounds the letters represent, and remember that those sounds may differ from English.

[@nathanielrose30]

To pronounce the double L (all) in welsh, place your tongue as if your about to say L instead of making a sound just gently blow over the top of your tongue

[@Merip1214]

Another important note, is that in Welsh, the emphasis falls on the second to last syllable Pen-DER-yn

[@JonnoD00]

Awesome video both. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@sandywatson]

I'm fron Newcastle-upon-Tyne and my mam called Welsh Cakes "Griddle Scones". She made them often on a weekend and they were divine fresh outta the oven with butter, but also lush cold with butter too. Never had 'em dry. 😉

[@richardworonowicz9076]

The fruit is an essential part of Welsh cakes

[@ellengraham4677]

We love them straight from the griddle (cast iron pan ) with sugar on top.💖 heavenly

[@kayew5492]

I used to make welsh cakes for school fetes, and fill up a Quality Street tin (the old ones which were much bigger than you get now) leaving any slightly burned or misshapen ones to be eaten at home. My daughter would always ask me for money and I'd give her a handful of change expecting her to buy herself a book or toy, but she would always buy one of my welsh cakes.

[@kayew5492]

No, she took money from me for one of my welsh cakes! Just as if she hadn't snarfed several while they were being made, and several more after they'd cooled down, and there were plenty more still at home. What can I say, she likes mum's cooking!@@gutters4less

[@sarahwhite8135]

​@@gutters4lessSurely the money raised at a school fete goes to the school, not back to the person who donated the items? I think the point she was making was that the child preferred her mum's cakes over sweets or toys! Rather sweet I thought!

[@kayew5492]

No, no. A school fete is to raise money for the school. They used to do one at Christmas and one in the summer. There were tables selling donated baked goods, toys, clothes etc, and the school naturally kept all the proceeds. @@gutters4less

[@joshgoldbullion]

Welsh cakes are so much nicer warmed up! i toast mine for about a minute and then spread some butter on the top. Let the butter melt into the cake before eating. Yummy. I live in Mold North Wales. I enjoy your videos keep up the great work !

[@yvonnecampbell3283]

You guys are great. Love the chemistry between you in working out what you like and not so much…👍😊

[@steelpanther9568]

The Welsh Cakes are rather like The Chorley Cakes, (which are only made in Chorley, Lancashire), and the Eccles Cakes, (which are only made in Eccles, which was formerly part of Lancashire, but is now a suburb of Greater Manchester), Welsh Cakes:- Welsh cakes are made from flour, butter or lard, currants, eggs, milk, and spices such as cinnamon and nutmeg. They are roughly circular, a few inches (7-8 cm) in diameter and about half an inch (1-1.5 cm) thick. Chorley Cakes:- A Chorley cake is made using currants, sandwiched between two layers of unsweetened shortcrust pastry. The Chorley cake is significantly less sweet than Eccles cake, and is commonly eaten with a light spread of butter on top, and sometimes a slice of Lancashire cheese on the side. Eccles Cakes:- If you've never heard of them, Eccles Cakes are small, round cakes made from flaky pastry that is filled with dried currants, candied lemon, orange zest, sugar and spices that commonly include cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and cloves. If you want to go a level up for an Eccles cake, you would be eating a Mince Pie 🇬🇧😎👍🏼

[@tanadams]

I love hearing people use the Welsh language! The easiest thing to do would be to learn our alphabet (because yes, although the letters look the same as English, our alphabet is different). Welsh is all pronounced phonetically, so if you learn the way the letters sound, it will be easier to form the words. You should look up the history of the Welsh language and why it's not so widely spoken anymore. In particular, look up the "Welsh not". The English attempted to literally beat the language out of children, and there is a huge push right now in Wales to bring it back to what it was.

[@brentwoodbay]

Very enjoyable video, I sent a link of this video to Cathryn Cariad chocolates saying how much you liked them! 'Cariad' means 'Darling' , "Carry-add". Congratulations to Lindsay for being able to say 'Wales' properly! Funny that as she seems to have the same accent as you Steve! I am a beer drinker too, but a few years ago, my kids bought me a bottle of Penderyn whisky (no 'e') It was the very best whisky I have ever tasted, and in fact the ONLY whisky I have really enjoyed! I thought maybe it was a Welsh bias, but I can't find it here in Canada any more, and another Welsh whisky I found was nowhere near as nice! Welsh is very surprisingly easy language to pronounce as it is almost totally phonetic. But you do have to learn how to say 'LL' and 'CH' properly, no English equivalents. Also to slightly trill the 'R's . and to put the emphasis on the second to last syllable. So 'Penderyn' is said 'pen-DER-in' !

[@JeanBeech-gc4iw]

The welsh cakes are lovely with welsh salted butter cold or hot.

[@Jo.H.]

Hi Steve & Lindsey, homemade Welsh cakes are delicious, hot off the bakestone. Easy to make you could maybe look up the recipe online.

[@JohnJoannou-xq5rq]

Don't know if you like this, but the very dark chocolate can be used as a sauce for very dark meats, i.e wild boar, venison, hare, good quality beef ,if you can find them. The bitter taste of the chocolate goes well with the fat content of these meats.

[@pauldurkee4764]

My grandmother used to make Welsh Cakes on a traditional bakestone, we still have her original bakestone and another one ive acquired, those things are heavy grade steel.

[@terricollins8450]

Believe it or not tesco's welsh cakes are lovely in my opinion,homemade are obviously the best.😊

[@hayee]

Best shop bought for me are village bakery

[@vaudevillian7]

I love Welsh cakes, a Welsh colleague of mine used to bring ones she'd made into the office

[@Grumpy-Goblin]

I've had those Welsh Cakes and they are nice but honestly you really have to try freshly homemade Welsh Cakes they are amazing still warm. Tan-Y-Castell means Bakery Under The Castle.

[@reactingtomyroots]

Yeah, I'm sure nothing compares to homemade!

[@carolempeters]

For shop bought ones though they are an excellent brand. I was going to find some with a long date to send them across but was happy to see I'd been beaten to it. Now we need to find some Bara Brith next 😂

[@annabuttimore6819]

Actually Tan-y-castell just means “under the castle”, and is pronounced tan uh cas-te… actually there is no English equivalent of the “ll” sound.

[@fleshen]

Welsh cakes are easy to make you can see it all over KZbin, try it and taste them warm and fresh and you'll see why we love them!

[@jacobdavies9974]

Welsh cakes are made on a flat heavy griddle on your stove, but if warmed up or freshly made are amazing, best with a cup of tea.

[@channelcai2839]

Great to see you doing a video about Welsh food! I love your videos :)

[@docksider]

With tea is good - but coffee works too with Welsh Cakes, nothing beats the ones made by your mam or gran!

[@GilesBrown-v9e]

Always have Welsh Cakes with a cup of tea, delicious.

[@deborahconner2006]

I'm sat here watching your video eating the exact same Welsh cakes as you spread with butter delicious

[@andreamcgrath8209]

We make Welsh cakes at home with my great grandmothers recipe beautifully warm with a sprinkle of caster sugar yum 😄

[@alangarnett6568]

oh my god, you guys are so much fun to watch, please keep up the good work all the best from Alan from ( Rhyl North Wales )

[@julieholden7343]

Welsh cakes with butter on top, just the job

[@andysteptoe6310]

Well done on quitting smoking, I used to also I gave up 27 yrs ago. It really does make a difference, I'm 61 but apparently I look a lot younger than some of my colleagues of the same age who smoke.😊

[@CubejamF1]

Yes! This is awesome! Finally some more of my home 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 I literally eat those welshcakes every week. Love that brand.

[@CubejamF1]

You can also get traditional savoury welshcakes too. There's a welshcake company near me that does cheese and leek flavour. Along with salted caramel, chocolate and orange, traditional, spiced nutmeg, and, cherry ones.

[@steelpanther9568]

Cariad is a Welsh term of endearment meaning “love”. It can also be used to define a beloved person/a sweetheart/someone who is very dear and very loved. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿😎👍🏼

[@margaretbarclay-laughton2086]

Welsh cakes can be found in other places. They were originally poor folk treats any like a lot of girdle cakes. In the north of England they are called singing hinnies (hinny being Geordie for girl or woman. The singing comes from the sound they make on the girdle. In Orkney they are known as fatties cutties

[@anne-marieturner6762]

I love making Welsh cakes. I have an old cast iron bake stone. Lovely warm with real butter........ I'm baking tomorrow!!! Yum xx

[@jillybrooke29]

I am English and I get mine from Waitrose, I eat them with butter and of course tea.... I love them. Don't heat them up in my opinion. Tan y Castell bakery means bakery under the Castle. I laugh when you smell the stuff before you eat it !!

[@Penddraig7]

Tan y Castell Bakery means Bakery beneath/under/below the castle, Tan y Castell means beneath/under/below the castle

[@grahamtravers4522]

It's hard to express the Welsh pronunciation in English sounds, but something like Tan-uh-casteck.

[@alisonrandall3039]

They are delicious warm.

[@chrizy75]

Hi Steve, I notice you are progressing well with the UK map on the wall! Just wondering if you could give us a better view and talk us through it on your next video? Also, I love Welsh cakes and buy them every so often, as you say they are great with a glass of milk or a cup of tea.....never tried them warm however.

[@treeb7951]

That particular brand of Welshcakes (or Pics as they're known to some locally) are a really good commercial brand, one of the closest you can get to "homemade" unless you get them freshly made in a shop or bakery. Welsh is a very difficult language for non speakers to learn, some of the sounds used in the language are not really used in in many other languages, take the double L, you produce that sound by resting the tip of your tongue against the back of your top two front teeth and expelling air out the sides of your tongue to make a sound similar to an S with a wet lisp. I grew up bilingual (Welsh and English) which as a child was quite rare in Wales with only 5% of the country being able to speak Welsh at the time (there was a time when the Welsh language was outright banned in Wales until Henry the 8th decided it was a stupid law and changed it). and Cymru (Wales) is pronounced CUM-REE.

[@docksider]

Have a go at making them - very easy to do, there is a recipe in the book I sent, if you don't want to use lard (and I don't use lard) use all margarine or all butter. Instead of a traditional bakestone you can use a heavy frying pan. A drop of oil on the pan wiped off with kitchen paper is all you need....

[@markjones127]

There was a TV show in the UK in 2008 about a guy called Willie who went to South American and bought a chocolate factory, and he still has his own company today selling chocolate, he does a lot of 100% cacao stuff, it was from his cookbook that I first came across Venezuelan hot chocolate, which is just 100% cacao melted in water with added sugar or honey, the Theobromine in the chocolate has a similar effect on the human body as Caffeine, I love the intense kick and bitterness of dark chocolate, but I've always been a dark chocolate lover.

[@TheStar798]

Welsh cakes warm with butter 🤤 delish!

[@hannukah812]

Would love a q&a video with you guys, where did you meet etc (without being nosey 😂). Love your videos with Lynsey! Such a lovely family 😊

[@steveaga4683]

The higher the chocolate content the healthier it is

[@tonyowen8349]

Great reaction . Hello from Anglesey north wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@BeverleyThomas-i6w]

May and June. The scent of elderflowers, hay and strawberries…….! Wonderful. Later in the year, elderberries, which make a dark red fruity jelly, wine, whatever… an underappreciated tree.

[@lox5962]

I find milk chocolate too sweet and the good thing about good dark chocolate is you can get your chocolate fix in a small square or two. I also use it as a seasoning in chilli to add depth (again, a few squares) and richness. Also, you can add to hot milk to taste.

[@lox5962]

@@MedievalDarkAges sounds great, unfortunately I’ve developed an allergy to alcohol in my later years so don’t dare to use any alcohol, old age is cruel!

[@larryfroot]

Ah, the old bakestone (made of iron) my mum would use to make Welsh Cakes. Wonderful memories each time I eat one.

[@cheryltotheg2880]

My Welsh Granny used to make Welsh cakes on her skillet they were delicious when still warm 😅😅😅

[@TheNoobilator]

RE: Lindsay's point about smores saying "the quality of the chocolate has to match the quality of the rest of the ingredients" - for what it's worth, we don't have Graham Crackers here either, but I believe our closest equivalent is a Digestive Biscuit. Personally when I was a young lad in the Scouts, we would make something pretty much identical to the equivalent of what you would call a smore, but with Cadbury chocolate and Digestive Biscuits! Might be worth a go, but I think nostalgia would probably make us both prefer the version from our homeland ^-^ Cheers again for the videos both of you!

[@kellg1980]

My dad was a scout leader and my mum was a brownie leader we always had chocolate digestives rather than messing with normal chocolate bars on camp and I definitely think they're better than the American version of s'mores 😋

[@Elaineshaw-d6m]

It makes me wonder if liqueur chocolates is a very British thing. It's completely normal to mix chocolate & alcohol over here, and it goes best with dark chocolate. Lidl UK sells high cocoa solids chocolate as the norm. 70%, 80%, 90%, etc. They do a lovely dark chocolate with dried raspberry pieces in it mmmmm

[@jonbetts21]

Welsh cakes are literally called cakes of the bakestone. Nearly every welsh household has a steel bakestone that is used on the stove top ( many were homemade by husbands in the steelworks or mines, sa it is made of steel about 1/2" thick and about 13" round. The mix is rolled and cooked on a buttered bakestone for about 3 minutes per side. You actually know when to flip them because the top texture changes ( much like a pankake) hence the story of King Alfred burning the cakes.

[@BrewmasterAdaryn]

I had my nan’s and before I left home my farmer used it to prop open the side gate, forgot it in the rain and ruined it!

[@jizzmonkey9679]

Nearly every welsh household?, maybe 40 years ago.

[@jeanlongsden1696]

we don't need to make Smores in the UK, as we just buy Tunnocks Tea Cakes. which is a biscuit base with fluffy marshmallow on top, covered in chocolate. you can melt the dark chocolate down in a pan and add milk to make a real hot chocolate drink or wait for it to cool for a shake. the Whisky in the chocolate would not get you drunk, as the alcohol evaporates when cooking. that way you just left with the flavour/taste of it. you cant really compare the handmade chocolates with anything else, as they are unique compared to anything branded.

[@222inverter]

as a kid my mam used to make the Welsh cakes and as fast as she's making them the faster we would be eating them...all the Welsh people in the comments can relate..😄

[@Walesbornandbred]

That brand of Welsh cake (your pronounciation is quite good) are the best I think. If you want really good ones either get them home made, or come to a Welsh market. In Swansea, we have the biggest market in Wales and you can buy them straight off the hot plate.

[@eileenhassan5256]

I now live in London having left port Talbot 39 years ago and every time I visit I go to Swansea market and buy 2 dozen Welsh cakes for my colleagues in work. I get bored easily and have had 9 different jobs but everyone loves the Welsh cakes.❤

[@mickjmcgregor4384]

Elder flowers are used for cordial drink and wines and have many other recipes . Dark chocolate is awesome grated onto ice cream or cakes , another chocolate maker to try is Thorntons.

[@jesserees6664]

Being welsh this is amazing to see, ❤❤ well dome guys

[@BigJohnny-bl3bl]

Cup of tea with the Welsh cake definitely some do like to eat it with butter even with jam sometimes but definitely not the norm Welsh cake on its own or with a cup a of tea definitely the way to go

[@BigJohnny-bl3bl]

There’s even ones with chocolate chips with the raisin but the normal Welsh cake slaps more in my opinion

[@BigJohnny-bl3bl]

Cymru means wales or sometimes Welsh depending on the context btw not a Welsh speaker only know Dw in hoffi coffe and similar phrases so if u are a Welsh speaker sorry if I got it wrong 😅

[@sharronphillips7850]

Over Christmas i had chocolate chip and orange welshcakes delicious

[@wenglishsal]

Welsh cakes are amazing, especially when they have a cuppa ( tea or coffee) to accompany them.. YUMMY.. TAN Y CASTELL means 'Under the castle. pronounced as 'Tan Ee Castell' ;) Here's my phonetic versions for you to try the Welsh again, as an English lady, of 61 years, who has lived in Wales for over 37 years, *I'm still learning too* ( I married a Welshman many many decades ago, hence 'Wenglish Sal' as my babies were born here) .... :D GOOD MORNING .. Bora Dah HELLO.. Shwmae ... Shoo-my CHEERS .. Leched Da ... Yachy-dah (But the middle bit is more of a growl from the back of the throat). THANK YOU .. Diolch yn Fawr ... Dee-och un vow'r WELCOME .. Croeso ... Croy-so WALES .. Cymru ... Cum-ree Good luck guys, I'm sure you'll nail it.. The super dark chocolate wouldn't be my first pick either, too 'intense' for me. The truffles look good though. CARIAD .. Cari-add (means LOVE) BLAEN DDOL.. Bline-tholl The Chocolate with the Welsh Whisky in is pronounced 'Pen-Derrin' I really enjoyed your vid, I hope you both enjoyed it as much as we the viewers do. Heartiest best wishes, to you both, from Wales.

[@reactingtomyroots]

Thank you for taking the time to break it all down and for giving us a watch. :) Appreciate you. Can't promise we'll remember all of that, but it is very helpful!

[@wenglishsal]

@reactingtomyroots *You are very welcome* .. I'm sure. Or as fluent Welsh speakers would say (of which I am not.. Google helps a lot). Croeso mawr i chi. (Croy-so mawoor ich he). Sending my heartiest best to you from Wales. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿😊💖

[@mandimoo87]

Currants are different to blackcurrants. Currants are like raisins. I will make you a video of how to say these Welsh phrases.

[@blaiddcalon88games80]

Welsh person here. i dont think iv ever eaten a welsh cake warm with butter, or known anyone who has. Cymraeg - Come Rye g is a decent pronounciation and Cymru is Come - Ree. Nice to see some welsh things on the show though. Also s'mores, we dont seem to get Graham crackers here, unless its an american store. Hershey's is making its way into corner shops though. my sister made a 'british smore' with 2 choc chip cookies, marshmallow and cadburys chocolate and tbh it was really good. iv probably had a s'more when i was a kid in Virginia at some point though

[@clintonjohn7387]

Hello from Caerphilly s.wales 👍

[@steelpanther9568]

The Bitter taste of the Hershey’s Cadbury’s bar is because of a process called “Lipolysis”, where they sour the milk before mixing it with the sugar & cocoa crumb mix, By souring the milk, it releases the Butyric Acid that gives it a longer shelf life, but it also gives it a Tangy Vomit taste, However Hershey’s state that they add sugar to the milk before condensing it to remove more moisture from the milk, This is meant to give it a thicker texture when the milk, sugar & chocolate is mixed together, Hershey’s is also believed to use a process called “Dutching”, this is adding an alkali to the cocoa beans, which would also give it the sour tangy taste, But the Crumb of Hershey’s Cadbury’s Chocolate is imported from Ireland, so it is a different crumb to their own original Hershey’s chocolate, All they do is add the Sour Milk to the crumb to produce the Hershey’s Cadbury’s chocolate, But for the original Cadbury’s chocolate, you can’t beat the original chocolates that you can try whilst touring around Cadbury’s World (Theme Park), in Bournville near Birmingham, 🇬🇧😎👍🏼

[@SuzieLady]

Hello Steve & Lyndsey. Don’t worry about pronouncing Welsh words correctly. As I said before, my husband is Welsh and he often has to correct me on pronunciation! Lol😅 You can’t get it wrong when you are learning! Well done 👍🏻 Welsh cakes are great with a cup of tea for sure. Keep them for yourself Lyndsey, with a cuppa 😊 If you choose to go to Cardiff you would enjoy St Fagans National museum of History. It’s open air and fascinating. Earwax LOL! Hilarious 🤣 I think this type of dark chocolate would be great in cooking? Maybe? It’s very strong. I think you will both be spoilt and changed forever towards chocolate after this tasting. Your standards have been raised! 😅 The whisky chocolate is made for taste not alcoholic content. Great video guys! Love the giggles. Thanks 🙏🏻

[@carolempeters]

I live in St Fagans and agree it's a lovely museum to visit, I'd also happily treat Steve and Lindsay to a lovely leg of lamb with mint sauce should they come visit 😋

[@daz3743]

Just to let you know Cariad means love in Welsh as in those boxes chocs you had

[@susanashcroft2674]

Elderflower is also used in drinks, either concentrate where you add water or sparkling as in carbonated form) as well as confectionary such as chocolates, cakes, biscuits over here. I used to know of someone who made their own elderflower drink and it was really good.

[@AsariGreenfire11]

Welsh cakes are very easy to make and are cooked in a skillet or cast bake stone. We don't cook them in the oven. The recipe is easy and I'm usually on the mixing duty... Just leave them to cool to finish off cooking when they are brown... Still warm.. gimme 🤤

[@DaniëllaKL1970]

😂 Another fun one guy's. You made me really curious with these chocolate and the biscuit. 🧡🇳🇱😘

[@asseyez-vous6492]

Stick with stroopwafels and boterkoek. Welsh cakes are made in a frying pan and not in an oven btw. They’re too crumbly for me. Doei 😊

[@DaniëllaKL1970]

@@asseyez-vous6492 now i'm even more curious 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. You speak Dutch? Ik was banketbakker van beroep dus ja koekjes e.d zijn altijd interessant.

[@stevekenilworth]

Just got back from home town in wales, spend the last 20 plus days away. i went on mission i wanted a special welsh gin, i found shop local what specialized in all thing from wales from cheese to vodka to ale/beer , whiskey, and large selection gin so large bottle gin over xmas and new year while back at home, i wanted gin but really wanted a welsh one for change and it very good still got bit left and it had cork top than a screw lid like most cheap gins have, they had all sorts to cakes , cheese , snacks and gifts and of course drink, my gin came from south wales just south of the Bannau Brycheiniog National Park (Brecon Beacons)

[@stevekenilworth]

younger years when i lived in north wales, id always pop in to local bakery, they made everything and welsh cakes were great snack but they also cheap 4 for £ and made during the night for sale next day so fresh and tasted great

[@includenull]

As a Welsh person living in London, welshcakes are hard to find here so I'm surprised you were able to get them there! Tan Y Castell is the biggest commercial Welsh bakery brand, the only one I have seen outside of Wales for sure. Every time I go back to Wales I buy a few packs of welshcakes since they are surprisingly hard to order online! They are traditionally cooked on a flat cast iron griddle and fresh off one they are even better!

[@lulusbackintown1478]

Dark chocolate and red wine (but not at the same time) my polyphenol treats!

[@lynjones2461]

My mum made Welsh cakes on a griddle a huge flat metal plate that you put on your gas or electric hob you then drop the mixture onto it and cook it uil quite dark then flip it and yes eat them warm with butter these were made with lard originally as that was cheaper than margarine or butter these were made very cheaply with just a few currants as a treat xx

[@lynjones2461]

It's pronounced Cumree xx

[@WijaLE]

Welsh cakes are really easy and delicious to make at home, really good project to do with children if you wanted to do with sofia: its like a really easy dough that you roll out, cut out, and cook on a griddle / dry frying pan

[@julieharries9674]

You need to watch the Marmite adverts . It’s marvellous marketing x

[@richardthomas2818]

If you make it to Wales apart from the Welsh cakes, there are a lot of great things to see and do. In North Wales if you're interested, there are 5 narrow gauge steam railways with victorian steam engines and carriages steaming up into the hills. The best sight is Port Merrion near Portmadoc (where 2 of the railways start). It's a small Italian style town built by Clough Williams Ellis (a local architect) and it's absolutely astounding to see it on the North Wales coast. There are a lot of youtube sets of both.

[@helenwood8482]

We would usually have a Welsh cake with tea or milk. When K was young, my Welsh Gran would make me a bag of Welsh cakes to take home.

[@misschieflolz1301]

I saw the whiskey chocolate in the thumbnaila nd I called it. I KNEW it'd be the Penderyn It's pretty famous since it's made locally.... and yeah home made welsh cakes are the best. My local bakery has their own recipe (they make their own pies, pasties and sausage rolls. It's comfort food at it's finest, not the best for you but it's been there at least 50 years and going strong) and it's the next best thing to home made ones. They're slightly less dense than the more mass-produced ones, and they are a little more spiced and amazing.

[@Phraeyah]

Love all your videos! Keep up the great work

[@rockybateman2904]

The 4 of us my brother and sisters used to queue next to Nan when she made them on the griddle...and eat them hot spread with butter ❤❤

[@Loki1815]

A perfect Map. Thank You!

[@Petrelles22]

The box of chocolate has a Great Taste sticker on the lid, i think. Great Taste is organised by the Guild of Fine Food. The sticker can also have stars, the more the better the product.

[@wotsitjimbob2271]

The Dark Chocolate & Sea Salt bar also has a Great Taste Award 2 stars label on. All depends if you like dark chocolate i suppose. Me, i hate it lol. Wickedly Welsh have quite a few Great Taste award bars, my favourite was the milk chocolate Cream Liqueur bar which was made with Merlyns Cream Liqueur (also a Penderyn whisky). It was the scrummiest bar ever but they don’t make it any more 😕 .