Fruit and Almond Cake

11 July, 2011 - 00:01 — EmmaS

An excellent cake for using up slightly soft fresh fruit that’s languishing in the fruit bowl and perfect for adding a bit of fibre into everyone’s diet. It’s also wonderful warm out of the oven and served with ice cream for a dessert.

Ingredients: 

500g fresh or canned fruit (eg pears, apples, apricots, peaches, berries or a mixture)

175g butter

1 ½ cups caster sugar

3 eggs

½ teaspoon almond essence

1 ¾ cups plain flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

Topping: ¼ cup ground almonds and 2 tablespoons brown sugar

Instructions: 

Preheat the oven to a 160oC. Grease or line a 20-24cm tin. Cut up the fresh fruit, and drain and cut up the canned fruit. Melt the butter in the microwave in 20 second bursts, then add the sugar and eggs. Mix well. Stir in the almond essence. Add the flour and baking powder and mix well. Add the prepared fruit to the mixture and stir it in. Pour the mixture into the tin and sprinkle the topping over the top of the cake. Bake for approximately one hour. It is done when a skewer comes out clean or the top springs back when gently pressed.

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