Old-Fashioned Fresh Fruit Cake (Swedish)
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
10-12
ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 150 ml buttermilk
- 100 g butter
- 200 g all-purpose flour (or just under 1 cup)
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla powder or 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 1 -2 1 -2 pears or 1 -2 apple, cut in slices and tossed in
- sugar
- cinnamon
directions
- Preheat oven to 175°C (or 350°F).
- Butter and flour a spring form pan.
- Cover the bottom with baking parchment and clip on the ring.
- Sift together flour, baking powder and vanilla into a bowl and set aside.
- Slice the fruit of your choice and toss in a mixture of sugar and cinnamon and set aside.
- Cream eggs and sugar until yellow and fluffy.
- Put buttermilk and butter in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
- Take it of the heat.
- Pour the liquid into the egg batter and blend together.
- Stir in the flour mixture to the batter, carefully.
- Pour a little batter in the bottom of the pan just to coat it.
- Arrange the fruit slices to coat the bottom of the pan.
- Pour in the remaining batter.
- Sprinkle the top with a thin coating of sugar.
- Bake for about 50 minutes try with a stick to see if it comes out clean.
- Let it cool slightly and run a knife around the edges; open the ring and let cool completely.
- Enjoy as is or with ice cream!
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Reviews
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My grandmother was Swedish and she used to make this all the time for me when I was a little girl. I used peaches from the tree in our yard, and added a pear and a nectarine, with a bit of lemon zest added for flavor. My grandmother used to serve this with cream poured on top, thanks for bringing back some wonderful memories!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
MarieFromSweden
Stockholm