MOM'S CURRANT CAKE
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cake Recipes
Yield Makes 1 loaf
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. Butter a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan; set aside.
- In a small saucepan, heat the cream over medium heat. Stir in molasses. In a medium bowl, cream the butter until light and fluffy. Gradually add the sugar. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, beating to combine after each addition. Stir in the cream mixture, then the currants. Add the dry ingredients and beat to combine.
- Pour into prepared pan, and bake until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour 15 minutes.
BLACK CURRANT CAKE
Soft black currant cake, easy to make and full of flavor. This rustic looking currant cake is what you need if you happen to get your hands on some berries. Only 6 ingredients.
Provided by Adina
Categories Cakes
Time 55m
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Remove the butter from the refrigerator a few hours before baking to allow it to get soft. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius/ 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Butter and flour a springform (20 cm/ 8 inches) or line the bottom of the springform with parchment paper.
- Clean and dry the black currants. Set aside.
- Cream the butter and the sugar, about 3-4 minutes. Add the eggs, one by one, mixing well in between. Mix the flour and the baking powder and sieve them over the mixture. Mix shortly again.
- Place the batter into the prepared springform. Cover with the berries. Bake for about 40 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean. Leave cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, remove and let cool on a wire rack. Serve as suggested above.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 slice, Calories 282 kcal, Carbohydrate 45 g, Protein 5 g, Fat 10 g, SaturatedFat 5 g, Cholesterol 90 mg, Sodium 90 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 22 g, UnsaturatedFat 4 g
IRISH CURRANT AND RAISIN CAKE
Provided by Nick Malgieri
Categories Cake Fruit Dessert Bake St. Patrick's Day Currant Raisin Fall Kidney Friendly Vegetarian Pescatarian Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free Kosher
Yield Makes one 8-inch cake, about 12 servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- 1. Set a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 350°.
- 2. Stir together the 2 1/4 cups flour, the baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.
- 3. In the bowl of a heavy-duty mixer, beat the butter and sugar with the paddle on medium speed until soft and light, about 5 minutes. Add the egg, beating until smooth.
- 4. Decrease the mixer speed to low and beat in half the flour mixture. Stop and scrape down the bowl and beater with a rubber spatula. Beat in the buttermilk, then the remaining flour mixture.
- 5. Give the batter a final mix with the rubber spatula.
- 6. Toss the currants and raisins with the remaining 1 tablespoon flour and fold them into the batter. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top.
- 7. Bake for about 45-55 minutes, or until the cake is well risen and deep gold and a toothpick inserted in the center emerges clean.
- 8. Cool in the pan on a rack for about 30 minutes, then invert the cake onto a rack and remove the pan and paper. Invert the cake onto another rack and cool completely.
- Storage: Wrap in plastic and keep at room temperature, or double-wrap and freeze for longer storage.
RED CURRANT CAKE
A very simple and rustic cake with a moist center and a crumbly topping. Red Currant Cake is an easy and gorgeous summer dessert! Easily prepared with fresh currants during harvesting season, or with frozen currants throughout the winter months!
Provided by Lord Byron's Kitchen
Categories Dessert
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Prepare a 9 inch spring-form cake pan by greasing it with butter. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, using a hand-held mixer, beat together the sugar and butter until light and fluffy (about 3-4 minutes.)
- Add the eggs, vanilla extract, and milk. Beat into the sugar and butter mixture until just incorporated. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add this mixture to the wet ingredients and beat until just mixed together.
- Add the red currants and fold into the batter with a rubber spatula.
- Pour into prepared spring-form cake pan and set aside.
- Add all ingredients (with the exception of the red currants) to a bowl and mix together with your hands, pressing the butter into the other ingredients until a crumbly mixture has formed.
- Loosely crumble this mixture over the cake.
- Top with the remaining 1/4 cup red currants. (Optional)
- Bake for 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
- Once you remove the cake from the oven, it is very important to leave the cake in the pan. Place the pan onto a wire cooling rack. Leave the cake to cool for 30 minutes. Remove the cake from the pan and allow to fully cool before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 248 kcal, Carbohydrate 37 g, Protein 4 g, Fat 10 g, SaturatedFat 6 g, Cholesterol 50 mg, Sodium 128 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 21 g, ServingSize 1 serving
HOW TO MAKE AN OLD FASHIONED CURRANT CAKE
How to Make an Old Fashioned Currant Cake. This recipe is reputedly over 250 years and still going strong! It's a spice-filled cake featuring currants, ideal for a hearty afternoon tea or supper by the fire. Preheat the oven to around...
Provided by wikiHow
Categories Fruit Cakes
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to around 180ºC/350ºC (moderate). Line or grease the cake pan.
- Cream the butter and sugar.
- Fold in the egg yolks. Add the golden syrup and sour milk. Stir to combine.
- Add the sifted flour, cinnamon, mixed spice and nutmeg. Alternate gradually with the addition of the currants, raisins and ground cloves.
- Beat the 3 egg whites until stiff. Fold into the cake batter.
- Add the dissolved baking soda and mix through.
- Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan.
- Place in the oven. Bake for around 2 hours. The cake is ready when a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Remove from the oven once baked. Cool on a wire cooling rack.
CURRANT CAKE
Home made currant cake
Provided by elaineoconnell
Time 1h
Yield Makes Cake
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 200ðC/400ðF/Gas 6. Lightly dust a flat baking tray with flour.
- Sieve the flour, baking powder and salt into a mixing bowl. Add the sugar and mix well.
- Rub the margarine or butter into the dry ingredients until mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add the sultanas or raisins and mix through.
- Finally, add the egg and sufficient milk to make a soft dough, not too wet or sticky! Turn onto a lightly floured board and gently knead, just enough to bring the dough together.
- Transfer to the prepared baking tray and shape into a round 1 1/2â deep. Cut a cross on top and bake for about 40 minutes until golden brown.
IRISH CURRANT AND RAISIN CAKE
Make and share this Irish Currant and Raisin Cake recipe from Food.com.
Provided by ratherbeswimmin
Categories Dessert
Time 1h25m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Butter a 2-inch deep 8-inch round cake pan; line bottom with parchment paper or waxed paper.
- Set oven rack in middle of oven; preheat oven to 350°.
- In a bowl, stir 2 ¼ cup flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the butter and sugar with the paddle on medium speed until soft and light, about 5 minutes; add in egg, beating until smooth.
- Reduce mixer speed to low and beat in half the flour mixture.
- Stop and scrape down the bowl and beater with a rubber spatula.
- Beat in the buttermilk, then the remaining flour mixture.
- Give the batter a final mix with the spatula.
- Toss the currants and raisins with the remaining 1 tablespoon flour and fold them into the batter.
- Scrape batter into the prepared pan; smooth the top.
- Bake for about 45-55 minutes or until the cake is well risen and deep gold and a pick comes out clean.
- Cool in pan on a rack for about 30 minutes, then invert the cake onto a rack and remove the pan and paper.
- Invert the cake onto another rack and cool completely.
- Storage: wrap in plastic wrap and keep at room temperature, or double-wrap and freeze for longer storage.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 376.7, Fat 12.8, SaturatedFat 7.7, Cholesterol 57.9, Sodium 306.3, Carbohydrate 61.3, Fiber 1.9, Sugar 31.4, Protein 6
RED CURRANT PIE
I got this recipe from a friend in Germany. It's a delicious way to incorporate red currants into baking.
Provided by BIGTIME
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European German
Time 1h10m
Yield 10
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- To Make Dough: In a medium bowl, sift together flour and baking powder. Mix in butter, sugar, egg yolks and lemon zest until mixture forms dough. Let rest in cool place for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Roll out dough and put into a springform pan.
- Bake in oven for 25 minutes, or until golden yellow.
- To Make Filling: In a medium bowl, beat egg whites until stiff. Gradually stir in sugar and cornstarch; beat for 5 minutes. Fold currants into mixture and pour into pie crust.
- Bake in oven for 10 minutes, or until top is lightly browned.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 257.2 calories, Carbohydrate 38.6 g, Cholesterol 65.4 mg, Fat 10.3 g, Fiber 1.6 g, Protein 3.6 g, SaturatedFat 6.2 g, Sodium 114.7 mg, Sugar 22 g
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