Recipes Featuring Currants
- Rich Plum Cake, or Wedding Cake
4 pounds flour
3 1/2 pound butter
3 1/2 pounds sugar
36 eggs, leaving out twelve whites
2 pounds citron
2 pounds orange
2 pounds lemon
4 pounds almonds mixed with as much sugar
4 pounds raisin - English Plum Pudding
1 lb stale bread
1 pint hot milk
1/2 lb sugar
8 egg yolks, beaten to a cream
1 lb raisins, stoned and floured
1 lb currants, washed and floured
1/4 lb citron, cut in strips and dredged with flou - 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
- Fruit Cake | 3 lbs dry flour
3 lbs dry flour
3 tsps baking powder
1 lb butter
1 lb sugar
3 lbs stoned raisins
2 lbs currants
3/4 lb almonds, blanched
1 lb citron, sliced
12 eggs, beaten very lightly
1 Tbsp allspice
1 ts - Fruit Pudding
1 cup molasses
1 cup milk
1 cup suet, chopped
1 cup raisins
1/2 cup currants
2 1/2 cups flour
Baking powder, salt, spices to taste - Currant Pie
1 cup currants
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup flour
2 egg yolks
2 tablespoons water
- Currant Jelly | Currants
Currants
White sugar
- Fruit Cake | 3/4 pound melted butter
3/4 pound melted butter
1/2 pound brown sugar or white sugar
3/4 cup scalding milk
1 pound flour
1/2 nutmeg, grated
1/2 pound currants
1/2 pound raisins and candied peel mixed
1 teaspoon soda - Rochester Jelly Cake
First group:
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup milk
2 heaping cups flour
1 tsp cream of tartar
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp molasses
Second Group:
1/2 cup raisins or currants, cho - Plum Cake
2 pounds raisins
2 pounds currants
1 pound brown sugar
1/2 pound blanched almonds
1/4 pound citron, sliced
1/2 teaspoon soda
1/4 pound lemon peel
1 cup molasses
1/2 pound butter
6 eggs
1/2 c
