Raisins and Sultanas

Date: 21 August 2007 22:21:50

I made a cake today, containing a large quantity of dried fruit. The recipe specified amounts for raisins, sultanas and currants. Now while I knew that currants are made from dried (black?)currants, I was not sure about the difference between raisins and sultanas. I looked into it and thought I would share.

In brief: raisins are dried grapes. Sultanas are a type of raisin, seedless and golden in colour.

For more see Wikipedia on raisins and sultanas.

If more practical testing is necessary to comprehend the difference, make sure you are at the Greenbelt wibmeet and we shall have to hope there is some cake left for me to bring.