Currant Bread Recipe
This recipe makes 1 cake
Ingredients
5 handfulls of Self-raising flour
1 handful of currants or raisins soaked in boiling water
2 cups of Butermilk
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 cup of water
1/4 cup of self-raising flour
Method
1
Preheat the oven to:
Gas Mark 6, 200°C (400°F)
2
Mix the flour & sugar in a bowl
3
Strain the fruit and add it to the flour
4
Add the buttermilk and water
5
The mixture should resemble cooked stir about (porridge)
6
Little by little add about 1/4 a mug of flour, this will dry out the mixture, gently fold and slap the flour into the mixture
7
Place mixture in a greased cake tin
8
Bake for 60 – 90 minutes 200°C (400°F)
9
The cake should sound hollow when tapped underneath
10
Cover with a damp tea towel or dish cloth, this will keep the bread nice and soft
