Place flour in the bowl add the butter and work the butter through to resemble breadcrumbs
Add the sugar, spices and currants and stir through
Add in the egg and the milk to bind the mixture together to make a sticky dough ball
Flour a work surface and roll out the dough to about 2.5 - 3mm thick. Take a kitchen cutter and cut out cake rounds
Heat a large frying pan with butter and fry batches of 4-5 cakes at a time for at least 3 minutes each side.
Place on a rack for a few minutes and then transfer to aplate and dust with caster sugar on both sides of the cakes.