Recipes Featuring Currants
- S.E.B.'s Cake
1/2 lb butter
3 cups powdered sugar
3 eggs, whites & yolks beaten separately, then together
1 Tbsp brandy
1 cup milk
Cinnamon
2 cups flour, measured then sifted
1 tsp baking soda, dissolved in - Queen's Cake | 1 lb white sugar
1 lb white sugar
1 lb flour
3/4 lb butter
1 lb raisins, stoned
1/2 lb currants, washed & dried
1/4 lb citron, cut in little pieces
4 Tbsp brandy
4 Tbsp wine
4 Tbsp cream
6 eggs, whites & yolk - Rødgrøt
2 lbs currants
1 lb raspberries
1 lb black currants
Water
1 lb sugar
Vanilla
Cornstarch - Black Cake | 1 1/4 lbs butter
1 1/4 lbs butter
1 1/2 lbs sugar
1 1/2 lbs flour, sifted
1 1/2 dozen eggs
2 lbs stoned raisins
2 lbs currants, picked and washed
1 lb citron, sliced
2 Tbsps cloves, pulverized
2 Tbsps nutmeg
- 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 | 2 1/2 lbs butter
2 1/2 lbs butter
2 1/2 lbs flour, sifted
25 eggs, separated
2 1/2 lbs sugar
3 lbs citron, cut in thin, long strips
5 lbs currants, washed & picked
5 lbs raisins, stoned
1 large spoonful cinnamo - Fruit Cake | 1 lb sugar
1 lb sugar
1 lb flour, sifted
1 lb butter
2 lbs raisins, seedless
2 lbs currants
1 lb citron, cut in thin, long strips
2 Tbsps mace
2 Tbsps cinnamon
2 nutmegs, powdered
1/2 pint brandy & wine - Black, Red, or White Currant Jam
4 pounds currants
4 pounds sugar
- Kettle Cake
1 dozen eggs
1 lb sugar
1 lb butter
1 lb flour
1 tsp mace
Juice of 1 large lemon
Rind of 1 large lemon
Optional:
2 lbs currants
2 lbs raisins
1/2 lb citron
4 Tbsps brandy - Risen Cake
1 1/2 lb flour
1 lb sugar
9 ounces butter
1 1/2 cup milk
1/4 pint yeast
4 eggs
Currants or raisins
Nutmeg or mace
