You can call it black currant cake or spiced cake, however, it is soft and fluffy fruitcake made with dried black currant, raisins and spiced perfectly with cinnamon and mixed herbs. This is an old English fruit cake called cornish black cake; some recipes may include dark molasses sugar to give the cake a richer colour. This easy fruit cake was usually served at weddings and other celebration. I call it the dried fruit cake because you can add to it any dry fruits you have in your pantry not only black currant and raisins.
Easy Fruit Cake
This easy English fruit cake recipe, won't take much time to make and doesn't need any fancy ingredients, all from your pantry. Using cinnamon and mixed herbs in making this spiced cake makes it so flavourful and delicious while adding currant and raisins makes it sweet.
Spiced Cake Ingredients
- Plain flour
- Eggs
- Sugar
- Butter
- Raisins
- Black currants, dry
- Ground cinnamon
- Mixed herbs
- Flaked almond or sliced almond(I used flaked)
- Baking powder
- Water (if needed for kneading)
- Powdered sugar (topping)
How To Make This Spiced Cake With Black Currant
Whisking the wet ingredients: I always like to start by whisking the egg well using an electric whisk. After that, add the sugar and continue whisking.
Add the butter, whisk.
Now, adding the dry ingredients: Sift the flour, mixed herbs, ground cinnamon and baking powder over the egg mixture and whisk.
Adding the dry fruits and nuts: Add the raisin, black currant and almond then mix using a spatula or a whisk.
Preparing for baking: Grease a 22 cm baking dish (I used springform)well with butter. Then pour the batter in the baking dish.
Baking: Bake at 170 C for 45 minutes or until fully baked.
Let the cake cool down then sprinkle the powdered sugar over the top.
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Spiced Cake With Black Currant
Ingredients
- 1 cup plain flour
- 4 eggs
- ¾ cup sugar
- ¾ cup butter
- ½ cup raisins
- 1 cup black currants dry
- 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp mixed herbs
- ¼ cup flaked almond or sliced almond
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ cup water (if needed for kneading)
Topping
- 1 tbsp Powdered sugar
Instructions
- Whisk the egg well using an electric whisk. After that, add the sugar and continue whisking.
- Add the butter, whisk.
- Sift the flour, mixed herbs, ground cinnamon and baking powder over the egg mixture and whisk.
- Add the raisin, black currant and almond then mix using a spatula or a whisk.
- Grease a 22 cm baking dish (I used springform)well with butter. Then pour the batter in the baking dish.
- Bake at 170 C for 45 minutes or until fully baked.
- Let the cake cool down then sprinkle the powdered sugar over the top.
Nutrition
Hi, as I am not familiar with the mic of herbs you are talking about could you please give me details as per what herbs go in the mix. tia
Hi Deea, If you are talking about the mixed herbs? I added a link to them.