Recipes Featuring Currants
- Lancashire Tea Cakes
6 cups flour
1/2 cup butter
2 cups milk
1 yeast cake
1 cup currants
2 ounces candied lemon
2 eggs, beaten
2 Tbsp sugar
Grated nutmeg
- Currant Ice
Currants or raspberries, or equal portions of each
1 pint juice
1 pint water
1 pint sugar
3 egg whites, beaten to a stiff froth
- Currant Pie
1 cup currants
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup flour
2 egg yolks
2 tablespoons water
- Plain Fruit Cake | 1 cup brown sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup shortening
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup molasses
1/2 tsp baking soda, dissolved in 1 Tbsp boiling water
1 cup raisins, seeded & cut in halves
1 cup currants
1 cup strong black - Molasses Fruit Cake
4 ounces butter
4 ounces brown sugar
8 ounces cooking molasses
1 cup milk
1 tsp baking soda
1 Tbsp ginger
1 Tbsp cinnamon
1 tsp cloves
A little nutmeg, grated
4 eggs, well beaten
5 cups flou - Bunns | 1-1/4 lb flour, sifted
1-1/4 lb flour, sifted
1/2 lb butter
2 eggs, beaten
1 pint milk
2 Tbsp brandy
2 Tbsp rose water
1/2 nutmeg, grated
Cinnamon
4 ounces yeast
1/2 lb sugar, sifted
1 cup currants, washed & dried - Rock Cakes
1/2 pound butter
1/2 pound sugar
1 pound flour
3 eggs
1 teaspoon cream tartar
1/2 teaspoon soda
1 cup currants
Flavor to taste
- 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 - Spanish Bunn
1 1/4 lbs flour
1/2 lb butter
1 lb sugar
5 eggs, lightly beaten
4 ounces cream
4 Tbsps wine & brandy, mixed
2 tsps cream of tartar, dissolved in 1 Tbsp hot water
1 tsp baking soda, dissolved in - Raspberry Syrup | 4 lbs loaf or sifted sugar
4 lbs loaf or sifted sugar
1 quart cold water
1 lb raspberries
1 lb currants
