Recipes Featuring Currants
- White Fruit Cake | 2 cups sugar
2 cups sugar
5 eggs
3 1/2 cups flour
3/4 cups butter
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup sweet milk
3 handfuls currants - 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
- Drop Cake | 3 cups powdered sugar
3 cups powdered sugar
1 cup butter
5 cups flour, sifted
3 eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup sour cream
1 tsp baking soda, dissolved in 1 tsp hot water
1/2 cup currants, washed & dried
- Zante Muffins
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 cups milk
2 cups corn meal
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon salt
5 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup currants
- Raspberry Syrup | 4 lbs loaf or sifted sugar
4 lbs loaf or sifted sugar
1 quart cold water
1 lb raspberries
1 lb currants
- 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 - Red Currant Sherbet
1 quart red currants
2 1/2 cups water
2/3 cup sugar
1 egg white - Washington Loaf Cake | 2 cups butter
2 cups butter
3 cups sugar
5 eggs
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup sour milk
3 Tbsps cinnamon
1/2 nutmeg, grated
2 cups raisins
1 cup currants
4 cups flour, sifted - 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
- Spanish Bunn | 3/4 lb sugar
3/4 lb sugar
1/4 lb butter
1 1/4 lb flour
4 eggs, beaten separately & then together
4 ounces currants
1/2 nutmeg, grated
Cinnamon
4 Tbsps milk
4 Tbsps brandy
1 tsp baking soda, dissolved in a
