Royal Fruit Scones Recipe Direct From Buckingham Palace

These are scones fit for a Queen. The monarch’s pastry chefs of Buckingham Palace have shared the top-secret recipe for Royal fruit scones and we are royally charmed.

These royal fruit scones are usually one of the most popular treats served at the Queen’s garden parties.

In a post on the Royal Family’s social media pages, the chefs shared that they serve over 27,000 cups of teas, 20,000 sandwiches and 20,000 slices of cakes during Garden Party season in the summer.

Since these festive outdoor events have been cancelled this year due to COVID-19, the pastry chefs have decided to reveal their royal fruit scones recipe so we can all make these sublime treats at home.

Over 8,000 guests drink tea, mingle and munch at the special palace soirees, which are held to recognise and reward outstanding public service.

In this simple royal fruit scones recipe, the Queen’s bakers use top quality ingredients to make the scone dough. They suggest adding sultanas as an added treat, but this is optional.

While there is an ongoing worldwide debate as to whether the cream or jam goes onto the scone first, the photos released by the palace clearly show the cream is dolloped on the scone first, followed by a generous helping of your favourite jam.

Ingredients

500g Plain Flour
28g Baking Powder
94g Butter
86g Sugar
2 eggs
140ml Butter Milk
100g Sultanas (Cover in hot water and leave to soak for 30 minutes)

Method

Preheat oven to 180 C
Mix the flour, baking powder, butter and sugar together in a bowl, until a crumb is formed
In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs and buttermilk together
Add the liquid to the crumb mixture
Continue to mix the dough, until it is smooth
(Optional) Add the sultanas, and mix until evenly distributed
Remove the dough from the bowl, flatten the dough and cover
Cover and leave to rest for approximately 30 minutes
Roll out the dough to a thickness of 2.5 cm and cut to desired shape
Rest the scones for another 20 minutes
Gently brush egg on the top of the scones
Bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes until golden brown
Cool before serving with jam and clotted cream

53 Comments

- - sars_angelchik said
  - 27 Oct 2024
    1:53 pm
They look nice, but I couldn’t think of anything worse than sultanas in anything, let alone my scones- yuck! Dates? Yes. Sultanas? No. Also, with the addition of the fruit it may not be necessary to have jam and cream. Sometimes the added toppings can just be a little too much.

- - TraceyGail said
  - 29 Sep 2024
    7:32 am
These look wonderful but I think I would rather chopped dates than sultanas. Yum.

- - meedee said
  - 22 Sep 2023
    8:32 am
I would love to give this a try

- - mom482209 said
  - 21 Oct 2021
    2:45 am
I don’t mean to be rude but I’ve been making scones for 50 or 60 years the difference with mine is I use very cold butter and I agreed to butter and it makes all the difference in the world. They come out very very flaky.

- - smart_ass said
  - 22 Apr 2021
    2:12 pm
oooh…love a good scone!

- - mom112217 said
  - 28 Jan 2021
    7:42 pm
A great afternoon tea with mum!

- - mom466923 said
  - 21 Oct 2020
    1:59 pm
I need to try these. On of my favourite ????

- - Andy said
  - 04 Sep 2020
    1:50 am
Never tried the buttermilk in scones. Cant wait to test them out.

- - mom333284 said
  - 11 Jul 2020
    1:14 pm
I have never made scones with buttermilk. I have only made lemonade scones. But I have to say these scones were so delicious especially with the sultanas. Easy recipe to follow. I too love scones with cream and jam.

- - deannepritchard said
  - 06 Jul 2020
    7:53 am
Funnily enough, there was a debate on a friends fb wall the other day about having cream then a dollop of jam like in the picture!

- - mom111059 said
  - 05 Jul 2020
    4:55 pm
This is certainloy worth a try. Thank you.

- - DaffyD said
  - 30 Jun 2020
    11:02 pm
Looks amazing thanks for sharing your recipe

- - mom101628 said
  - 28 Jun 2020
    10:37 pm
Will be trying these – thanks for the recipe – they look great in the photos.

- - curlytops said
  - 21 Jun 2020
    1:01 pm
Nothing better than a homemade traditional scone straight from the oven!

- - linaianna said
  - 17 Jun 2020
    11:01 pm
Thanks for sharing this recipe will give these a go for sure

- - mom268263 said
  - 15 Jun 2020
    12:01 am
Interesting to read about the sheer numbers, and fun to have the royal recipe, especially as the ingredients are pantry staples; deliciously comforting, eaten while still warm from the oven.

- - mom103778 said
  - 02 Jun 2020
    9:09 am
I’m definitely going to have to give these a try, they look great.

- - hexrex said
  - 01 Jun 2020
    5:53 pm
Love making scones with the kids, they cook so quick and taste great

- - Klsmith91 said
  - 01 Jun 2020
    8:58 am
Yummo! These sounds so tasty

- - LeeLee said
  - 31 May 2020
    10:06 pm
Scones with jam and cream are one of my favourite things in the whole world