Easy and delicious Summer Fruit Cake

It's the height of the Summer Season and the trees are beginning to bear perfectly ripened fruit. I have been watching the Victoria plums in my Boyfriend's Mum's garden for a while and now they are finally ready! Sweet and juicy on the inside and just the right tartness on the outside

I have a wonderfully easy, yet very delicious cake recipe from Germany, that is perfect for them. It's also great with Apples, Pears, Gooseberries, Blackberries or Cherries.

This is one I made last year with the Apples my neighbour gave us. It didn't last long...

So here is the Recipe. Get a neighbour, collegue, family member or friend's friend's mother's dentist's son to give you some freshly picked fruit. Wash and stone or core or deseed fruit and cut into largish Chunks.

Ingredients:
4 Eggs
9 tbs plain Flour
9 tbs Caster Sugar
9 tbs Sunflower Oil
1 heaped tsp Baking powder
a few drops Vanilla Extract
Fruit of your Choice
1 handful of flaked Almonds (optional, depending on fruit)

With an electric Mixer beat the Eggs and Sugar until the Sugar has dissolved.
Sieve the Flour and Baking powder into the Egg Mixture and mix again on a slower speed.
Mix in the Oil and Vanilla Extract until all is smooth and creamy.

 

Arrange the fruit in a shallow baking dish, lined with baking parchment, either randomly or in a pattern depending on type of fruit :-)

As I am using these marvellous Victoria Plums today, I have halved them taken out the stone and layed them cut side down.

Nest pour over the cake mixture.

Now bake the cake in a 150C oven for about 50 minutes. Testing with a wooden skewer. Prik the cake in the middle and see if the skewer comes out dry and clean. It's ready! If it's still wet or has cake mixture sticking to it, return to the oven for 5- 10 more minutes. 

TOP TIP: Always close the oven door, while doing food testing ect., otherwise you will loose essential heat from the oven and the cooking process will change completely.

I wish you could smell the aroma wafting from my kitchen right now. Oh it makes me so proud and happy! I want to open all the windows so that everyone can smell it :-)

 

Leave the cake to cool before cutting. Then let you imagination guide you. Dust with Icing sugar maybe, add cream, custard, creme anglaise, creme fraiche or eat it just as it is.

Looking at my picture now, I think maybe to make it a little more sophisticated it could have a base. I will think about how to incorporate one. Meanwhile please feel free to give me some ideas.