31/12/2019

Summer Fruit Salad Cake

This cake of toffeed fruit is cooked upside down and any combination of summer fruits can be used.

Makes:

1 x 25cm round cake

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cooking Time: 45 minutes

Download Recipe PDF

Ingredients

1 cup caster sugar
1/2 cup water
1 large peach, cut into wedges
1 large banana, sliced
1/2 punnet raspberries
pulp of 2 passionfruit
100g softened butter
1 cup caster sugar, extra
2 cups self raising flour
grated rind of 1 orange
2/3 cup fresh orange juice
2 eggs

Method

Combine caster sugar and water in a saucepan and cook, stirring over heat until dissolved, then boil, without stirring until aa golden toffee is formed. Pour into the base of a 25cm round cake tin and arrange fruit decoratively on top. Combine all the remaining ingredients together in an electric mixer and beat until light and creamy. Pour over fruit and bake at 180°C for 45 minutes until golden and cook when tested. Allow to stand for 5 minutes before turning out onto a serving plate. Serve warm or cold.

Tips

New Recipes

Coriander Turkey Meatballs in Satay Sauce

Turkey mince makes great meatballs, especially when smothered in a peanut satay sauce.

Greek Custard Rolls (Galactobureko Rolls)

These beautiful little pastry rolls with a semolina custard filling are drenched in a sweet sticky honey syrup that is…

Smoked Paprika Chicken with Apple Mint Salad

This is so much more than a chicken salad, particularly if you cook and carve the chicken and serve the…

Share On:

Coriander Turkey Meatballs in Satay Sauce

Turkey mince makes great meatballs, especially when smothered in a peanut satay sauce.

Desserts ·

Greek Custard Rolls (Galactobureko Rolls)

These beautiful little pastry rolls with a semolina custard filling are drenched in a sweet sticky honey syrup that is so loved by the Greeks. This recipe was handed down to me by my girlfriend Kelly, so in our house,…

Main Courses ·

Smoked Paprika Chicken with Apple Mint Salad

This is so much more than a chicken salad, particularly if you cook and carve the chicken and serve the warm slices on top of the fresh salad mix.

Main Courses ·

Baked Sausage, Ricotta and Basil Penne

A tasty pasta bake that can be cooked in a flash.

Tuna, Caper and Tomato Shell Pasta

A quick tasty pasta made with store cupboard ingredients.

Marinara Mornay

Seafood marinara mix in a creamy bechamel is a luscious dish as an entree or main.

Main Courses ·

Chicken and Fennel Paella Verde

This paella blanca (although I do use a bit of saffron) is a fresh take on this Spanish classic and combines chicken, fennel, zucchini and asparagus with the zing of lemon.