Name: Fruit sponge cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: To stew fruit; 3 cup chopped fruit; 1/4 cup water; 3 tablespoon sugar; Fruit sponge; 3 cup hot stewed or bottled fruit; 1 egg; 1/2 cup sugar; 1 cup flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 cup milk; 25 gram butter, melted; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence

Fruit sponge cake

Show off your bottling skills with this tasty sponge.

Serves 8

Prep

10M

Cook

40M

Total

50M

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Ingredients

To stew fruit

3 cup chopped fruit

1/4 cup water

3 tablespoon sugar

Fruit sponge

3 cup hot stewed or bottled fruit

1 egg

1/2 cup sugar

1 cup flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 cup milk

25 gram butter, melted

1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence

Method

1.Put all ingredients in a pot and simmer. When the fruit softens, take it off the heat. (You want the fruit to hold its shape as it has another 30 minutes in the oven.)

2.Heat your fruit in a pot and keep it warm while you make the sponge.

3.Whisk an egg in a warm mixing bowl. When light and fluffy, add sugar and beat well. Sift flour and baking powder and add to the mixture alternately with milk, bit by bit, to stop it curdling.

4.Stir until smooth.

5.Put hot fruit into a baking dish. Add the melted butter and vanilla essence to sponge mixture and spoon it on top of the hot fruit.

6.Bake in 180°C oven for 30 minutes or until golden. Serve with whipped cream or ice-cream.

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