NAKED FRUIT CAKE

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 25 – 30 minutes
Serves: 8 people

INGREDIENTS

• 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup of butter, softened
• 1/4 cup milk
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 2/3 cup powdered sugar
• 100 gram white chocolate, melted
• Berries
• Mint
• Sugar (to coat berries and mint)

INSTRUCTIONS

Vanilla Cake

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease two 6″ cake pans with oil and cut out 2 circles of parchment paper to place at the bottom of each pan. In a large bowl, combine the flour and baking powder. Then add sugar, butter, milk, eggs, and vanilla. Beat at a low speed until fully mixed. Increase speed until you achieve a more pale yellow color. Divide mixture evenly among the cake pans.
2. Bake for 25 – 30 minutes. Check with a skewer (or a chopstick in my case) to see if no batter sticks to it and comes out clean. Let cake cool in pan for 5 minutes then transfer to cooling rack to completely cool.
3. Cut the excess cake on top of each cake so it has a flat surface.

White Chocolate Butter Cream Icing

1. Beat butter and vanilla until pale yellow. Gradually beat in powdered sugar then add in white chocolate until smooth.
2. Spread a generous amount of butter cream between both layers of cake and add some rinsed and sliced strawberries. Spread a thin layer on top of the second layer. Rinse berries and mint leaves and roll them in sugar. Decorate the cake with the sugared berries and mint.