Sunday, 8 November 2009

Peach cake

This is a fabulously summery cake, and is great served with a little vanilla ice cream or Chantilly cream.

Ingredients:

4 eggs, separated
150g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
150g caster sugar
120g unsalted butter, melted
1 tbsp lemon zest
2-3 ripe peaches, peeled and cut into wedges
Icing sugar for dusting

1) Preheat oven at 180 degrees-Celcius.
2) Whisk the egg whites until peaks form.
3) Sift flour and baking powder into a separate bowl and make a well in the centre.
4) In another bowl, whisk butter, yolks and zest. Stir this, along with 1/3 of the egg white mix, into the well in the flour mixture.
5) Fold in remaining egg whites.
6) Pour mixture into a round cake tin and arrange peach slices on top.
7) Bake for 30-40 minutes.
8) Once cooled, sprinkle with icing sugar (it forms a yummy glaze on the peaches!)

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