My Food and travel memoir

It’s the Christmas season, and what better way to celebrate than with a delicious fresh fruit n berry cake? This recipe from Donna Hay is both simple and delicious, making it the perfect treat to enjoy with tea or coffee.

INGREDIENTS

225g Self-raising flour, sifted

165g Caster sugar

125g Butter, softened

1 tsp Vanilla extract

2 Eggs

125ml milk

1 Apple, cored and thinly sliced

100g fresh or frozen Blueberries

2 tbsp Demerara sugar

METHOD

Preheat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Place flour, sugar, butter, vanilla, eggs and milk in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat until just combined.

Spoon mixture into a greased 22cm springform tin lined with non-stick baking paper. Top with the apple and blueberries and sprinkle with sugar.

Bake for 45 minutes or until the cake is cooked when tested with a skewer. Serve with vanilla ice-cream. 

“A party without cake is just a meeting.”

Julia Child