05/07/2026
20L Bucket Scones Recipe (30 cups flour)
✅ Dry Ingredients
30 cups cake flour
30 teaspoon baking powder
3 teaspoons salt
4 cups sugar (adjust to taste)
✅ Cold Fat
3 x 500grams margarine/butter and cubed
✅ Wet Ingredients
9 large eggs
9 cups buttermilk or amasi (add gradually until dough is soft but not sticky)
2 tablespoons vanilla essence (optional)
METHOD
1. Mix dry ingredients (flour, salt, sugar, baking powder) I mix mine in 3 batches meaning 10 cups flour per batch.
2. Rub in the margarine until mixture looks like breadcrumbs.
3. Beat eggs + buttermilk + vanilla.
4. Add wet to dry and mix gently until soft. Do NOT overmix.
5. Turn onto a floured surface, pat to about 2–3 cm thickness..brush with eggwash or milk for golden colour
6. Cut with a round cutter.
7. Bake at 180°C for 18–25 minutes depending on your oven.
Tips for Perfect Scones
1: use cold margarine
2: Don't put all the wet mixture at once,stop when the dough is soft
3:Preheat the oven well before heating
