Recipes Featuring Currants
- Cherry Currant Conserve
2 quarts sour cherries, pitted
1 quart currants
2 cups sugar for each pound of fruit
- Virginia Fruit Cake
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 cup currants
1 cup raisins
1/2 cup citron
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teasp - Plain Currant Cake
1/2 lb flour
2 tsps baking powder
1/4 lb butter
1/4 lb sugar
6 ounces currants
Milk - Steamed Pudding
1 cup suet, finely chopped
1 cup molasses
1 cup currants, washed & dried
1 cup sour milk
1 tsp baking soda
Salt
Flour
- Spanish Bunn | 6 ounces butter
6 ounces butter
1 lb sugar
3/4 lb flour
4 eggs, whites & yolks beaten separately
1 cup cream
1 cup currants
2 tsps cream of tartar
1 tsp baking soda, dissolved in a little rose water
- Black Cake | 1 1/2 lbs flour, sifted
1 1/2 lbs flour, sifted
1 1/2 lbs butter
1 1/2 lbs sugar
1 lb citron, sliced
2 lbs raisins, beaten
2 lbs sweet raisins, well cut
2 lbs currants
Juice & rind of 2 lemons
Juice & rind of 2 orang - Fruit Cake | 1 lb butter
1 lb butter
1 lb sugar
1 lb flour
10 eggs, whites & yolks separated
1 lb raisins, seeded
1 lb currants, washed & dried
1/2 lb citron, cut in little strips
1/2 small nutmeg, grated
Cinnamon
Ri - Boiled Currant Pudding | 14 ounces flour
14 ounces flour
7 ounces suet, finely minced
7 ounces currants
Milk
Butter
Sugar - Black, Red, or White Currant Jam
4 pounds currants
4 pounds sugar
- Currant and Raspberries Preserve
4 pounds currants
4 pounds sugar
4 pounds raspberries
