Recipes Featuring Currants
- 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 - 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
- Queen's Cake | 1 lb flour
1 lb flour
1 lb sugar
1 lb butter
8 eggs, whites & yolks beaten separately
4 ounces cream
4 Tbsp rose water
1 lb currants, washed & dried
- Fruit Bread
2 cups milk
2 cakes yeast
1/2 tsp salt
4 Tbsp lard
4 Tbsp sugar
1 1/2 cups fruit, finely cut - raisins, currants, citron, dates, figs or prunelles
Flour
- Mince Meat | 2 cups currants
2 cups currants
2 cups raisins, seeded
2 cups brown sugar
3 cups beef suet, finely chopped
3 cups apples, chopped
1 cup citron, chopped
1 cup almonds, chopped
3 tsps mixed spices, ground
Rind - Coffee Cake | 2 cups sugar
2 cups sugar
1 cup butter
2 Tbsp molasses
1-1/4 cups cold coffee
3-3/4 cups flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp allspice
5 tsp baking powder
3/4 cup raisins
3/4 cup c - Fruit without Sugar for Winter Pies
Cherries, gooseberries, currants, blackberries, prunes & other small fruit
- Raspberry & Currant Jelly
Currants
Raspberries
Sugar
- Summer Pudding
1 quart ripe currants
Slices of bread without the crust
Butter
Sugar
- Cake Pudding | 5 eggs, beaten very light
5 eggs, beaten very light
3 cups sugar
1 cup butter
1/2 nutmeg, grated
4 cups flour
2 tsp cream of tartar
1 cup milk
1 tsp baking soda
1 quart whortleberries, raspberries or currants
