Summer fruitcake with lemon mascarpone cream
Prep
40m
Cook
45m
serves
8
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
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1.Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease a 24cm springform pan and line the base with baking paper.
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2.For lemon mascarpone cream, beat ingredients in a bowl to combine. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
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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.
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4.Process almonds in a food processor until fine crumbs, then fold into mixture with flour and baking powder.
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5.Stir in vanilla, then pour half the batter into pan and sprinkle with half the fruit. Repeat layers of batter and fruit.
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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.
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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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