Peach Melba squares

Peach Melba squares

This traybake can be mixed together in no time and is simple to slice and transport

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 12

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr

Method

  1. Butter and line a traybake or small roasting tin, about 20 x 30cm. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Gently melt the butter in a large saucepan, cool for 5 mins, add the sugar, vanilla and eggs, then beat until smooth with a wooden spoon. Stir in the flour, almonds and ¼ tsp salt.
  2. Tip the mix into the tin, then lay the peach slices evenly on top - that way each square of cake will have a bite of fruit. Scatter the raspberries and almonds over, then bake for 1 hr-1 hr 10 mins, covering with foil after 40 mins. Test with a skewer: the middle should have just a tiny hint of squidginess, which will firm up once the cake cools. Cool in the tin for 20 mins, then lift out onto a cooling rack. Once cold, dredge with icing sugar, then cut into squares.

PER SERVING

385 kcalories, protein 5g, carbohydrate 43g, fat 23 g, saturated fat 12g, fibre 2g, sugar 31g, salt 0.22 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, July 2009.

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  • 18 October 2012

    bschum rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    Easy enough to do but way too much sugar making this cake unpleasant - would not recommend as is.

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  • 20 October 2012

    Charbs rated this recipe

    5 stars

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  • 22 October 2012

    joanneeland rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Great base recipe - you can add any fruit to the top. I made the original with raspberries and tinned peaches and it was lovely and soft and light. Then I was going to a dinner party and I was asked to make dessert. I made the base recipe, added ginger extract into the mix and then topped with tinned pears and drizzled over homemade butterscotch sauce before sticking it in the oven. It was amazing. All the butterscotch sank to the bottom of the cake and made it lovely and sticky! Served warm with vanilla ice cream and extra heated up butterscotch sauce! Wowee! PS I cooked mine at the top of my oven for 40mins and it was done.

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  • 23 October 2012

    Shanny commented on this recipe

    Made this cake exactly to recipe but used well drained tinned rhubarb and tinned strawberries. It was absolutely devine! Very easy to do..minimum effort..for an overload of compliments :) Will also try with different fruit combinations as suggested by others. � I did use the foil trick to stop the edges burning though, and it was perfect.

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  • 06 February 2013

    aembarrett rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Oh my goodness!!! These are just divine. My flatmate and I made these tonight and I'm positive they won't last long.

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  • 06 March 2013

    stephhh rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Made these for a cake sale, really really yummy and went down a treat!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 12

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr

Ingredients

  • 250g pack unsalted butter
  • 300g golden caster sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 large eggs
  • 200g self-raising flour
  • 50g ground almonds
  • 2 just-ripe peaches , stoned, halved, then each half cut into 3
  • 100g raspberries
  • handful flaked almonds
  • 1 tbsp icing sugar , to finish
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PER SERVING

385 kcalories, protein 5g, carbohydrate 43g, fat 23 g, saturated fat 12g, fibre 2g, sugar 31g, salt 0.22 g

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