I made a more seasonal version of this for the Alfreds Cake chat at Shaftesbury Abbey Museum & Gardens with Penny-Jane Swift for Will I Vike It. I swapped out the soft fruit for a grated apple and some roughly chopped walnuts and a little extra flour to make up for the wetness of the apple.
Ingredients:
2 cups of berries (whichever berries are seasonal/local - think elderberry, bilberry, blackberry, raspberry etc. Or a mixture)
2 tablespoon Malt extract
1 cup of oat flour
Method:
Roughly mash the fruit using the back of a spoon or rolling pin.
In a bowl, mix together the malt extract and mashed fruit. Stir in the flour until combined.
Heat some butter in a frying pan and, once hot, add the fruit batter in large tablespoons, leaving space between each one. Once the underside is golden, flip and cook the other side.
Leave to cool before eating.