Apricot cake – prajitura cu caise (sau visine, prune, mere)

This is a very common cake here which can be done using apricots, peaches, apples, cherries, sour cherries (most common), bilberries, etc. mostly fresh. It’s quite simple to make but it has a few tricks.

Updated: 15-08-2008: the bilberry cake photo

Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 cups flour
• 1 tbs baking powder
• 1/2 cup oil or melted butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 kg fresh fruits with no kernel if it applies to the fruit type

Preparation

• remove the fruits kernel if it’s the case (this is the most time consuming operation, especially for the sour cherries)
• separate the egg whites and beat them until solid
• add the sugar, egg yolks, milk
• mix the flour with the baking powder and add to the composition while mixing it
• add the butter and the vanilla extract
• let it rest for 10 minutes while you preheat the oven
• mix the fruits with a bit of flour, this will help the fruits to leave too much liquid and keep part of the composition uncooked
• pour the composition in a pan then add the fruits on top, don’t press them into the dough, they will fall by themselfs
• cook for 30 – 45 minutes
• be careful when you test the readiness to test around the fruits. As they cook they tend to leave juice which will slow the cooking of the dough around.
• enjoy

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