Summer fruitcake with lemon mascarpone cream

Prep
40m
Cook
45m
serves
8
Summer fruitcake with lemon mascarpone cream
Summer fruitcake with lemon mascarpone cream
Summer fruitcake with lemon mascarpone cream
Celebrate sweet summer fruit with this dense and nutty cake. Serve with a lemon mascarpone cream for extra decadence.

Ingredients (15)

  • 250g unsalted butter, softened
  • 250g caster sugar
  • 6 eggs
  • 1/2 cup (120g) sour cream
  • 200g raw almonds
  • 180g plain flour, sifted
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 150g raspberries
  • 150g blueberries
  • 2 small peaches, peeled, sliced
  • Icing sugar, to dust

Lemon mascarpone cream

  • 200g mascarpone
  • 150ml thickened cream
  • Juice and rind of 1 small lemon

Method

  • 1.
    Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease a 24cm springform pan and line the base with baking paper.
  • 2.
    For lemon mascarpone cream, beat ingredients in a bowl to combine. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
  • 3.
    Place butter and caster sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat until light and fluffy. Whisk in eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Whisk in sour cream.
  • 4.
    Process almonds in a food processor until fine crumbs, then fold into mixture with flour and baking powder.
  • 5.
    Stir in vanilla, then pour half the batter into pan and sprinkle with half the fruit. Repeat layers of batter and fruit.
  • 6.
    Bake for 45-50 minutes (cover loosely with foil if it starts to brown) until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
  • 7.
    Cool in the pan for 15 minutes, then place on a rack and dust with icing sugar. Serve with lemon mascarpone.
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