Name: Apricot & ratafia sponge cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: Cuts into 8
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 200g softened butter plus extra for the tin; 200g caster sugar; 200g self-raising flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 4 large eggs; ½-1 tsp almond essence (optional); 410g can apricot halves in natural juice, drained, 100g roughly chopped, remainder halved; 85g ratafia or amaretti biscuit (keep ratafias whole or break the amaretti); 25g flaked almond

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Apricot & ratafia sponge cake

Apricot & ratafia sponge cake

Sara Buenfeld

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Cuts into 8

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 50 mins

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A simple fruit cake flavoured with almond and Amaretti biscuits - perfect with tea or as dessert served with cream or custard

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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200g softened butter

plus extra for the tin
200g caster sugar
200g self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
4 large eggs
½-1 tsp almond

essence (optional)
410g can apricot

halves in natural juice, drained, 100g roughly chopped, remainder halved
85g ratafia or amaretti biscuit

(keep ratafias whole or break the amaretti)
25g flaked almond

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal452
fat26g
saturates14g
carbs49g
sugars31g
fibre2g
protein7g
salt0.9g

low

Method

step 1

Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Butter the base and sides of a 22cm loose-bottom cake tin and line with baking parchment.
step 2

Put the butter, sugar, flour and baking powder in a large bowl. Break in the eggs, add the almond essence, if using, then beat with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Set aside a quarter of the mixture, then stir the chopped apricots and 25g of the biscuits into the remainder. Spoon into the tin and lightly smooth with the back of the spoon. Bake for 25 mins until the cake is almost set. Meanwhile, stir the apricot halves, remaining biscuits and flaked almonds into the reserved cake mixture until well mixed. Quickly dot the extra cake mixture onto the part-baked cake, then return to the oven for 20 mins more or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2012

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