New Zealand Summer Fruit Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups self-raising flour
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 120 g butter, melted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 410 g peaches, drained (or 2 cups sliced apricots or peaches or plums or 2 cups seasonal fruit or frozen berries, slices of )
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 blend the flour and sugar together. add the melted butter, vanilla and eggs. pour the mixture into a greased, loose-bottomed 24cm cake tin.
• 2 place the fruit on top of the cake, piling it up and pressing down a little. sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar and bake 180c classic bake for 1 hour.
• 3 *you can substitute the seasonal fruit for another can of drained fruit, such as pears, if desired. serve warm with a mixture of whipped cream and unsweetened plain yoghurt.
• 4 ** you can cream the softened butter and sugar if desired and add eggs/vanilla and then dry ingredients - it takes a little longer but does produce a slightly better result - just depends on time and inclination!