Recipes Featuring Currants
- Swedish Rolls | 1 yeast cake
1 yeast cake
2 cups milk, scalded
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup sugar
1 scant tsp salt
2 egg whites, beaten
7-8 cups flour
Cinnamon
Lemon rind, grated
Currants - Macedonian Jelly
2 ounces of gelatine
3 pints of cold water
2 lemons
Sugar
Zante currants
Seeded Raisins
Stone dates - 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 - 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 - Rødgrøt
2 lbs currants
1 lb raspberries
1 lb black currants
Water
1 lb sugar
Vanilla
Cornstarch - Plum Pudding (without eggs)
1 cup beef suet, finely chopped
2 cups bread crumbs
1 cup molasses
1 cup raisins, chopped
1 cup currants, well washed
1 Tbsp salt
1 tsp cloves
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp allspice
1 tsp baking soda
- 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
- 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 - Rich Fruit Cake | 1 quart flour, sifted
1 quart flour, sifted
1 lb butter
1 lb powdered sugar
12 eggs
3 lbs bloom raisins
1 1/2 lb Zante currants
3/4 lb citron, sliced
1 Tbsp mace
1 Tbsp cinnamon
2 nutmegs
4 Tbsps Madeira wine
4 - Groom's Cake
1 pound sugar
1 pound butter,
1 pound flour
1 pound citron
2 pounds raisins, currants
10 eggs
1 teaspoon soda,
2 teaspoons of cream of tartar (or 3 teaspoons of baking powder)
