Name: Sugar-crunch fruitcake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 100g butter softened, plus extra for greasing; 2 eggs; 85g caster sugar; 50g self-raising flour; 50g ground almonds; zest ½ lemon; 2 portions Apple, pear & cherry compote (see 'Goes well with'); 2 tbsp demerara sugar

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Sugar-crunch fruitcake

Sugar-crunch fruitcake

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Serves 6

Easy

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 45 mins

Plus 50 mins for the compote

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Moist fruit and a crunchy sugary topping mean it's impossible to have just one slice of this delicious cake

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Apple, pear & cherry compote

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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100g butter

softened, plus extra for greasing
2 eggs
85g caster sugar
50g self-raising flour
50g ground almonds
zest ½ lemon
2 portions Apple, pear

& cherry compote (see 'Goes well with')
2 tbsp demerara sugar

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal358
fat21g
saturates10g
carbs40g
sugars32g
fibre2g
protein5g
salt0.42g

low

Method

step 1

First make the Apple, pear & cherry compote (see 'Goes well with'). You'll need 2 of the 12 portions of compote for this cake.
step 2

Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and grease a 20cm cake tin. Beat together the butter, eggs, caster sugar, flour, almonds and lemon zest to a smooth mixture. Scrape into the tin, dollop over the compote, then bake for 25-30 mins until well risen. Scatter over the sugar and return to the oven for 10-15 mins until the cake is cooked through.
step 3

Remove from the tin and eat warm or at room temperature with cream or custard.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2010

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