Name: Quick and easy French-style fresh fruit cake
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 3 eggs; 180 gram sugar; 250 gram flour, sifted; 3 teaspoon baking powder; 1 tablespoon oil; 500 gram fresh fruit – apples, plums, nectarines, apricots or peaches; cream or crème fraîche, to serve (if not dairy-free)

Quick and easy French-style fresh fruit cake

Nici Wickes' mum shares her take on a French-style fruit cake, inspired by a recipe from French Wine Harvest by Rosi Hanson. It's quick, easy and only needs a handful of ingredients. It also happens to be dairy-free!

Serves 10

Cook

40M

Ingredients

3 eggs

180 gram sugar

250 gram flour, sifted

3 teaspoon baking powder

1 tablespoon oil

500 gram fresh fruit – apples, plums, nectarines, apricots or peaches

cream or crème fraîche, to serve (if not dairy-free)

Method

1.Preheat oven to 200°C fan bake. Line a 20cm springform tin with baking paper.

2.In a mixer, beat the eggs and sugar until pale and creamy. Stir in the sifted flour and baking powder, then the oil.

3.Cut the fruit into bite-sized chunks. If using apples, peel them. Fold the fruit into the batter. Scrape into the tin and bake for 35-40 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.

4.When cool, remove from the tin and serve either warm or cold with fresh cream or crème fraîche.