How to pronounce Welsh cakes

Welsh cakes is written picau ar y maen where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /wɛlʃ keɪks/. In plain English letters that is WELSH KAYKS, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Welsh cakes?

Welsh cakes is a dessert of the United Kingdom. Where it comes from: Wales. People usually eat it at teatime and as a snack. Its main ingredients are wheat & flour. It tastes sweet.

Where Welsh cakes comes from

Welsh cakes is one of 56 signature dishes of the United Kingdom on this map. See all dishes from Wales.

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Food of the United Kingdom

Dishes like Welsh cakes in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Welsh cakes:

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• Zeeuwse bolus · Dessert · Zeeland, Netherlands

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• Mattentaart Geraardsbergse mattentaart · Dessert · East Flanders, Belgium

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• Aachener Printen · Dessert · Aachen (Rhineland), Germany

  Aachener Printen are hard, brown spiced biscuits, a kind of Lebkuchen from the city of Aachen.