Alfred Cakes

Every Friday we have fun learning how to bake in the kitchen.  Today we learned how to make Alfred Cakes.  What are Alfred Cakes you ask? Well they remind me of an English scone. 

This week in our Story of the World history lesson we learned about the first kings of England and how the Vikings wanted to take over the people of Wessex.  The people of Wessex tried to pay the Vikings with gold in an effort to appease them but when this no longer worked they appointed Alfred the Great.  These cakes are named after him.