New Zealand Summer Fruit Cake Recipes

NEW ZEALAND SUMMER FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• Blend the flour and sugar together. Add the melted butter, vanilla and eggs. Pour the mixture into a greased, loose-bottomed 24cm cake tin.
• Place the fruit on top of the cake, piling it up and pressing down a little. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar and bake 180C classic bake for 1 hour.
• *You can substitute the seasonal fruit for another can of drained fruit, such as pears, if desired. Serve warm with a mixture of whipped cream and unsweetened plain yoghurt.
• ** You can cream the softened butter and sugar if desired and add eggs/vanilla and then dry ingredients - it takes a little longer but does produce a slightly better result - just depends on time and inclination!

SUMMER FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• To make cake: Preheat oven to 350-degrees F.
• Grease and flour 9x13-inch pan.
• Combine flour-salt in bowl.
• Beat eggs-vanilla in large bowl.
• Add flour mixture to egg mixture.
• Stir in remaining ingredients (fruit-raisins).
• Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake for 40-45 minutes or toothpick comes out clean.
• While cake is baking make glaze: Combine all glaze ingredients (sugar-baking soda) in large saucepan over medium heat.
• Bring to boil and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in vanilla.
• When cake is done, remove from oven and poke entire surface of cake with a toothpick.
• Pour glaze over hot cake slowly.