Steamed Currant Cake Recipes

RED CURRANT CAKE

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.

HOW TO MAKE AN OLD FASHIONED CURRANT CAKE

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.

MOM'S CURRANT CAKE

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.