Black Currant Cake Recipe
The Black Currant Cake, a delightful and simple summer dessert, is sure to impress your guests with its tart flavor and rustic appearance. Whether you're a seasoned baker or a beginner, you can create this cake using just six ingredients.
Ingredients
- 2 cups self-raising flour
- 3/4 th cup caster sugar
- 150gm softened butter
- 4 eggs (beaten)
- 10pc washed and dried blackcurrants
- For icing :- 4-5 tablespoons of neutral jelly
- 3-4 tablespoons of blackcurrant crush
- Pink and royal blue colour 1/4teaspoon each (just to mix with jelly so as to make colour of black currant)
- Sugar water syrup 1 tablespoon each to be put in divided layers of cake
- Green food colour for making leaves 1/4 teaspoon
- Whipped cream 1 small bowl
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 150C for 10 minutes.
- Prepare the baking tin and, if needed, line it with greaseproof paper.
- Cream the butter and sugar thoroughly.
- Gradually add beaten eggs and flour, beating well after each addition.
- Gently fold in the black currants.
- Pour the mixture into the cake tin.
- Bake for 40 minutes and test with a knife to ensure it's cooked.
- Once the knife comes out clean, remove the cake from the oven and place it on a cake rack to cool.
- Cut the cake into two layers.
- Apply sugar water syrup and whipped cream on top for a delicious finish.
