Blackcurrant Waffles - and the best waffle recipe so far!

The quest for waffles is never ending. However, the quest for the best recipe may be over (at least for us). This may now be our favourite, and this is probably my second favourite filling/topping combo, after chocolate sauce with chopped hazelnuts. For me, this even tops the classic maple syrup and (ice) cream...

We had a lot of blackcurrants left after our cheesecake exploits, basically. They're a good source of Vitamin C. Sadly fresh ones are more difficult to source... curse you, Ribena, and your use of 95% of the crop!

But tinned ones are relatively cheap (89p a can as of writing, at Tesco) and work very well!

The Best Waffle Recipe (So far...) - Plain Version


These rise like billy-o and taste good to boot! The recipe comes from an ancient and very well used cookbook owned by my boyfriend's Mum. It's the only one we've tried using self-raising flour but it rises the best out of all the ones we've done, even better than the one using 4 whole teaspoons of baking powder!


2 eggs
2 teaspoons sugar (we used 3 tablespoons, naughty us!)
175ml milk
75-150ml water
1 teaspoon vanilla
225g self raising flour
Pinch of salt
2 tablespoons cornflour
125g melted butter
A NOTE ON THE WATER: The first time we think we may have accidentally left the water out, and we really liked the batter. We now use half the amount of water (75ml), which gives a great consistency, but sadly tends to result in 3.5 waffles rather than 4. We've decided it's worth it... quality over quanitity. 

1. Beat egg yolks and sugar together, then beat in milk, water and vanilla
2. Gradually sift in flour, cornflour and salt, beating constantly then beat in melted butter
3. Beat egg whites and fold in (gently, people, gently!)
4. Set aside for 10 mins
5. EAT!
6. WELL... COOK THEN EAT!

(The last 2 are the most important. Possibly just the last one. Thank you boyfriend. I'm sorry I keep sharing your involvement today...)

Blackcurrant waffles

The recipe is exactly the same as above, but after pouring the waffle batter into the machine, dot as many blackcurrants as you fancy into it, then shut the lid. Cook as normal, then top with more blackcurrants and some of the blackcurrant juice, mixed with a little sugar if you wish. Best served with ice cream.