Claire from Under the Blue Gum Tree, who always wows me with her creative bakes, happened to have an old bottle of this blackcurrant liqueur, which is just as well as
fresh blackcurrants probably don't even grow in South Africa, never mind in winter!
Fellow Cornish Blogger the HungryHinny hunted high and low for
fresh blackcurrants only to be told they were late coming into season this year.
Jean managed to buy a punnet of
fresh blackcurrants on a visit to Cumber Park where they had been picked from the garden that morning.
She used redcurrant jelly as a glaze and topped them with
fresh blackcurrants.
Using
fresh blackcurrants, she has made this visually stunning three layered blackcurrant and chocolate mousse cake — it sounds rather tasty too!
Maggie used
fresh blackcurrants in the cake batter and then frosted some for decoration where they look absolutely splendid.
Using
fresh blackcurrants and cassis, blackcurrant and white chocolate ganache is topped off with blackcurrant compote and then enrobed in milk chocolate — wow!
Using
fresh blackcurrants and cassis, Fleur of Homemade by Fleur made these to look like cupcakes so she could fool her guests.
I really like the contrast of sweet white chocolate and tart juicy
fresh blackcurrants and they worked really well in these blackcurrant and white chocolate cookies.
Not exact matches
The magnificent Dom of Belleau Kitchen made
blackcurrant beach brownies using
fresh juicy
blackcurrants for his mother's birthday.
Some of my favourites are this
Blackcurrant & Coconut Buckwheat Granola, coconut yoghurt,
fresh berries and edible flowers.
Le Jour Se Lève contains mandarin,
blackcurrant accord, sambac jasmine, and musk, which will make her feel
fresh and flowery.