Blackcurrant Almond Cake

Caroline

Food writer. Broadcaster. Blogger. Author. Marketing at Eight Degrees Brewing. Secretary of the Irish Food Writers' Guild, founder of Irish Food Bloggers Association and co-author of Sláinte: The Complete Guide to Irish Craft Beer & Cider (New Island).

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17 Responses

  1. Daily Spud says:

    Ah lovely, that’s my kind of cake. I might have to try it with some of those redcurrants…

  2. Caroline says:

    I think it would be great with the redcurrants – or even with some rhubarb. It never lasts too long at this house.

  3. Claire says:

    Just made that cake. It was delicious! And nice and easy. Thanks Caroline. Great way to use excess black currants.

    • Caroline says:

      So nice to hear, Claire! Just spotted that my own blackcurrants are nearly ready for picking – definitely time to make another of these cakes.

  4. Claire Gough says:

    Had a glut of blackcurrants, made this cake and some muffins too! Delicious. x

  5. Sally-Anne Martin says:

    Hello, I love your recipies. Do you do print versions. Makes it quite difficult to print them off? Thanks

  6. Chloe Aldridge says:

    Made this yesterday using gluten-free flour instead of ordinary (mixture maize, rice and potato flour) and it was lovely! It did, however, take 1 and 1/2 hours to cook at temperature in recipe! Not sure why. Not a problem, though, the result was great, and definitely something I’d make again.

    • Caroline says:

      That sounds gorgeous, Chloe! I think that the reason it took so long to cook was because that combination of flours, together with the almonds and blackcurrants, make it super-dense. I’m glad that it turned out so well, though. I’ll have to test it out on my coeliac parents.

  7. SARA GOLDSMITH says:

    Made the cake today absolutely yummy
    Definitely make it again as we have a blackcurrant bush

    • Caroline says:

      So lovely to hear, Sara. I normally stash blackcurrants in the freezer so that I can make this cake out of season but I’ve none at the moment so looking forward to this summer’s harvest.

  8. Vanessa says:

    This is THE blackcurrant cake!!! Thank you so much – been searching for years for a great recipe for my blackcurrants! Thank you so much!

    • Caroline says:

      This is always a winner, Vanessa! I’m currently hovering over my blackcurrants so that I can get them before the blackbirds arrive and make this cake myself.

  9. Nikki marsh says:

    Thank you for a great recipe, I used doves farm gf plain flour mix and had a successful blackcurrant cake.
    It tastes lovely

    • Caroline says:

      Lovely to hear Nikki. I often use that brand of GF flour and it works very well in this cake. I’ve never had any complaints from the coeliac parents anyway!

  10. Penny says:

    I made this wonderful cake yesterday, and it was divine, thank you Caroline. So simple to make, I also used gf flour, and used the ground almonds. It was lovely and moist, and has been a big hit! I have another portion of blackcurrants in the freezer so will be making this again in the coming weeks. Loved it!

    • Caroline says:

      Penny, so glad to hear that you enjoyed it! I love the combination of almonds and blackcurrants and the fact that I can easily make it GF, like you did, for my coeliac parents. It’s a real keeper of a cake. Worth trying with gooseberries too.

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