Stone Fruit Tea Cake

When I saw this cake at Wendy’s blog it strikes my interest right away. I thought it look like a pie or a tart but was a cake. I think it was a cross between both of them. Since summer is here we are able to find all kinds of seasonal fruits like berries, peaches, nectarines, plump, apricots etc. I like using it in my dessert. For this cake I used cherries, fresh apricots and blueberries since I have it in my fridge.




Wendy sticks the dough into the freezer for half an hour but the lazy me decided not to do that. I just spread the sticky dough evenly onto the baking pan right away. After tossing the fruits in, I dropped the rest of the dough on top with a spoon. When the cake was in the oven I only realized that I forgot about the brown sugar. I think Wendy sprinkle the brown sugar on top of the cake.
The cake turns out really nice with moist cakey layer at the bottom, luscious tangy sweet taste of the fresh fruits and crunchy on the top. Carlos ate two slices of it while watching the football game between Argentina and Greece. Argentina won 2-0. Yeah!!!

Here is the recipe adapted from Wendy’s at Table for 2 . Thanks Wendy for sharing this great recipe.

Ingredients:

1 tbsp butter (for greasing pan)
150gm all purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
100gm sugar
80gm butter
1 + 1/2 eggs (I used 2 eggs)
1 tbsp orange zest
1 tsp vanilla
1 tbsp brown sugar
4 fresh apricots - removed the stones and cut small
1 cup blueberries
1 cup cherries - halve and removed stones







1. Whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. With a mixer, cream the sugar and butter together on medium-high speed for 3 to 5 minutes, until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl after each addition, then stir in the orange zest and vanilla.
2. Add the flour in 2 or three shifts, mixing just until a smooth dough forms. It will be pretty soft still. Dollop it out onto two pieces of plastic wrap, making one mound of dough slightly larger than the other. Wrap the dough blobs in the plastic and form them into flat discs. Place on a baking sheet and stick them in the freezer for 30 minutes. While waiting, prepare and cut your fruits.
3. Preheat the oven to 350 degree F. Butter a shallow, 8-inch baking dish or tart pan. Take the slightly bigger parcel of dough and press it down onto the bottom of the pan. Scatter the fruit over the dough. Break the second disc of dough into tsp size balls and scatter them over the fruit.
4. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until lightly golden and firm. Cool for 30 minutes before serving.


Note: You can used any type of fresh fruits you like for this cake.