Thursday, May 14, 2026

Currant Coffee Cake

Currant Coffee Cake - CLASSICS OF THE AMERICAN  FAMILIES IN 1913

 The Classic Grand Americana recipe of 1913. The popular Currant Coffee Cake was recommended to all the families of the United States of America in 1913. The original recipe of Marion Harris Neil. 

Currant Coffee Cake 

For this  Currant Coffee Cake  you will need

1/2 Cupful of Black Coffee

 1 /2 Cupful of  Fresh Sweet Milk 

2 Teaspoonfuls of Baking Powder (Calumet or Glabber Girl works the best)

2 Cupfuls of Flour 

11 /2 Cupful of  fresh Currants 

1 Egg

 1/2 Cupful of Fresh Sweet Butter 

1/2 Cupful of Sugar 

1 Teaspoonful of Powdered Cinnamon 

Beat the butter and sugar to a cream and add the egg well beaten. Add to the batter the coffee, the milk, the flour sifted with the baking powder, and the currants, well cleaned. Turn over the dough into a square greased baking pan, and sprinkle the top of the cake thickly with sugar and cinnamon. Bake in a moderate oven for at least three quarters of an hour.