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During the berry picking season, many will be delighted by the currant cupcake, which is distinguished by the tenderness of the sponge cake and the bright taste of black and red fruits.
Secrets of making currant muffins
In order to get an airy, tender cupcake with red or black currants, you need to knead the dough correctly - spend a minimum of time, moving from the bottom of the container upwards and not forgetting about accuracy. Moreover, it is necessary to obtain the consistency of thick sour cream or condensed milk.
When baking dessert, you should not open the oven too often, as this may cause the sponge cake to fall off. After the sponge cake is prepared, it is recommended to let it rest for 10-15 minutes, so that later there will be no difficulties in removing the dessert from the mold.
For the described biscuit, both fresh and frozen or even dried berries are suitable. If you used currants that were previously in the freezer when preparing the dessert, then baking will take a little longer.
Also, red or black currants must be sorted before preparing the dessert: there should be no rotten berries, moldy fruits, insects, leaves or branches.
In addition, some bakers advise rolling the berries in flour or starch when preparing baked goods, which will help avoid the “wetness” effect that occurs due to the leaking fruit juice.
Currant cupcake recipes with photos
For bakers interested in a recipe for black or red currant muffins with photos, below are the most delicious and popular ones.
Cupcake with frozen currants
Many will love the classic recipe for a cake with frozen black or red currants, which will require:
- egg – 3 pcs.;
- granulated sugar – 135 g;
- milk – 50 ml;
- butter – 100 g;
- vanillin – 1 sachet;
- currants – 150 g;
- powdered sugar – 40 g;
- flour – 180 g;
- baking powder (soda) – 1 tsp;
- starch – 10 g.
Cooking method
- The mixture of eggs, sugar, vanillin must be beaten with a mixer until a white fluffy mass is obtained.
- Add softened butter at room temperature to the resulting mixture and beat with a mixer for 5 minutes.
- Then add flour and baking powder to the egg-butter mixture and mix at low speed.
- After that, milk is poured into the dough, the resulting mixture is mixed with a spoon or spatula.
- Frozen berries should be left at room temperature for 5-10 minutes, then rolled in flour and added to the prepared dough.
- The baking dish is greased with butter and sprinkled with flour. The remaining flour is shaken off. Then the mixture prepared for the dessert is placed in a baking dish.
- The dessert is baked in the oven at a temperature of 160-170ºC for 50-60 minutes. The product is allowed to rest for 10 minutes, and then removed from the mold and sprinkled with powdered sugar.
A similar recipe can be seen at this link:
Chocolate cupcake with currants
To prepare a tender currant sponge cake with the addition of cocoa powder, you need to prepare:
- egg – 3 pcs.;
- granulated sugar – 200 g;
- milk – 120 ml;
- vegetable oil – 120 g;
- vanillin – 1 sachet;
- berries – 250 g;
- cocoa – 50 g;
- flour – 250 g;
- baking powder (soda) – 5 g;
- starch – 8 g.
Cooking method
- Three eggs must be beaten with a mixer in a bowl until pale yellow.
- Granulated sugar is gradually added to the egg mass and also beaten using a mixer.
- After the egg-sugar mass begins to resemble condensed milk in consistency, gradually pour milk into a bowl without ceasing to work with the mixer and mix all the ingredients.
- Still without turning off the mixer, you need to add vegetable oil and mix.
- In a separate container, mix flour, cocoa, vanillin and baking powder.
- The dry mixture must be poured into the egg-oil mixture through a sieve and mixed thoroughly until smooth.
- The berries rolled in starch are added to the dough and mixed.
- The prepared dough is placed in a mold previously lined with parchment paper.
- A cupcake with black or red currants is baked in the oven at 180ºC for 40-90 minutes, depending on readiness. After baking, allow to rest for 10-15 minutes, remove from pan and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
The described chocolate-currant dessert can be prepared using this video:
Kefir muffins with currants
Currant muffins can be made with kefir. This will make the baked goods even more tender and airy. For this dessert you will need:
- egg – 3 pcs.;
- kefir – 160 g;
- granulated sugar – 200 g;
- berry – 180 g;
- flour – 240 g;
- butter – 125 g;
- baking powder for dough – 3 g.
Cooking method
- You need to knead the butter and granulated sugar, then add the eggs and beat the resulting mass with a mixer.
- Afterwards, pour in kefir and mix with a mixer.
- Next, add baking powder or soda and mix. Afterwards, you need to pour in flour, beat thoroughly with a mixer so that there are no lumps, and the dough has a consistency similar to thick sour cream.
- Then you should pour the prepared red or black berries into the dough.
- The prepared baking mixture is poured into silicone or parchment molds and baked in the oven at 180ºC for half an hour. Then the baked goods are allowed to rest for ten minutes and sprinkled with powdered sugar.
This recipe is demonstrated in the video:
Curd cake with black currants
Many will be amazed by the tenderness of the currant biscuit with the addition of soft cottage cheese. They require:
- egg – 4 pcs.;
- butter – 180 g;
- cottage cheese – 180 g;
- flour – 160 g;
- granulated sugar – 160 g;
- potato starch – 100 g;
- soda – 3 g;
- baking powder for dough – 5 g;
- black currant – 50 g.
Cooking method
- The butter must be kneaded with granulated sugar.
- Then add cottage cheese and mix the mass with a spoon or spatula.
- Then add the eggs one at a time and beat with a mixer.
- In a separate container you need to mix flour, soda, baking powder, vanillin and potato starch.
- The dry mixture is gradually poured into the egg-oil mixture and mixed thoroughly with a spatula or spoon.
- Berries are added to the dough, and the mixture is placed in a mold greased with butter or vegetable oil. The dessert is baked in the oven at 180ºC for 40-50 minutes. After cooking, the currant cake in a silicone mold should rest for 10 minutes, then sprinkle it with powdered sugar.
The step-by-step recipe can also be seen in the video:
Calorie content of currant muffins
Currant cake is not a dietary dish. The calorie content of such baked goods varies between 250-350 kilocalories, depending on the recipe. About half of all calories are carbohydrates, 20-30% are fats, and such a dish contains very little protein - 10% or less.
Conclusion
Currant cupcake is a tender, airy dessert with a pleasant sourness that will win everyone’s heart. Red or black currants in this dish have also become a source of vitamin C, which many need, which makes dessert with this berry not only very tasty, but also healthy. But, like any baked goods, if consumed in excess, this dessert can lead to excess weight, so it is important to track the amount you eat.
