Fresh Apricot and Honey Cake
This is a true summer time cake that use fresh apricots, they are gently softened with honey then added to a simple sponge cake that has a few surprises like crushed walnuts.
Ingredients
Serves: 8
- 1/2 tablespoon butter, for greasing
- 3 tablespoons breadcrumbs
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 10 fresh apricots, pitted and sliced
- 1/3 cup (60ml) honey
- 3 large eggs, separated
- 1/2 cup (125g) caster sugar
- 1 cup (250g) white sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 3/4 cup (90g) plain flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 cup crushed walnuts
Directions
Preparation:25min ›
Cook:50min ›
Ready in:1hour15min
- Preheat oven to 150 degrees C. Grease a 22cm cake tin with butter and dust with breadcrumbs; set aside.
- Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add the sliced apricots and drizzle with honey. Cover and cook gently until the apricots have softened then allow to cool to room temperature.
- Meanwhile, whisk the egg whites to soft peaks with an electric mixer. Slowly pour in caster sugar while continuing to beat to stiff peaks; set aside.
- Beat the egg yolks on low speed for a few seconds until slightly thickened. Slowly pour in sugar while continuing to beat until thickened and light-coloured.
- Beat in milk then sift together flour with baking powder. Fold into the yolks along with cooled apricot mixture, walnuts and egg whites until combined.
- Pour into prepared cake tin and bake in the middle or bottom of the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean; about 50 minutes.
- Loosen the cake by running a knife around the edges of the tin. Invert cake onto a plate then place another plate on the cake bottom and flip right-side-up. Cool completely before serving.
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great w/ following changes. cut honey to 2 T. cut sugar to 1/4 cup w/ egg whites and 1/2 cup w/ egg yolks. i put almond meal on bottom instead of bread crumbs. next time i'm going to try more apricots. delicious. don't worry about the toothpick coming out clean jsut cook for 50 min or it will be dry. - 01 Jul 2007 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
Really really good. I did have trouble with it taking a lot longer to cook than it said. I took it out at the right time and it was not set in the middle. My error, but beware you might have to cook it longer. - 08 Dec 2008 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
I made this using the changes the second reviewer suggested. Everything was GREAT until I tried to remove it from the pan. With some after the fact research next time I would make it in a springform cake pan. After baking let the cake cool in the pan (like an angel food cake). So I am using my cake pieces with blueberries and whipped cream like a trifle. It may look terrible but it tastes awesome. - 26 Jul 2007 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)