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You Will Need:

• 2 mixing bowls
• Saucepan
• Measuring cups & spoons
• Muffin tins
• Muffin cups
• Whisk
• Fork

Cake Ingredients:

• ¾ cup butter, softened
• ¾ cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1½ cups flour
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1½ tsp baking powder
• 1 cup black currants

Compote Ingredients:

• 2 cups black currants
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• ½ cup sugar

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350ºF (180ºC)
2. Place your muffin cups in the tin (or grease your muffin tin)
3. In one bowl, beat the butter and sugar together
4. Beat in the eggs and vanilla
5. In the other bowl, mix the flour, salt, and baking powder
6. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet and stir well
7. Using a spoon, add a tablespoon of batter into the muffin tins
8. Add a layer of black currants
9. Spoon another tablespoon of batter over the black currants
10. Bake in the oven for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean
11. While the cakes are baking, make the compote
12. In a sauce pan, mix together the black currants, sugar, and lemon juice
13. Heat on low for 5 minutes, mashing the black currants a little
14. When you’re ready to serve, spoon the compote over the cakes

Why not try this recipe with other fruit too?

• Apples
• Cherries
• Peaches
• Plums
• Raspberries
• Strawberries