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cab321
07-09-2004, 05:31 AM
I got red currants in my CSA share last night and made this (http://fooddownunder.com/cgi-bin/recipe.cgi?r=211662) cake.

I made 12 cupcakes and two mini-loaves from the single recipe - so I wonder if a single 10-inch pan might be too small. The cupcakes baked for about 23 minutes and the loaves for about 28.

The cake reminds me of a cranberry-orange bread, only juicier and lighter. The currants have quite large seeds though - which don't go well with the cakey texture. The recipe has excellent flavor and looks very pretty. But I think if I get more currants I might sub them for cranberries in a bread.

I'll post back later to let you know what the office thinks of it.:D

PS - Currants are a pain to clean!

ClaraB
07-09-2004, 02:27 PM
Thanks for the recipe - I'll keep it for the year my red currant bushes actually produce 3 cups of red currants!

BTW, what do you find tedious about cleaning red currants?