Best Fresh Fruit Cake Recipes

TRADITIONAL GERMAN OBST KUCHEN - FRESH FRUIT FLAN (SPONGE CAKE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In large bowl, beat yolks. Add sugar, softened margarine and yeast. Mix well.
• Add flour, then vanilla and mix well.
• In separate bowl beat egg whites until stiff. Add egg whites to flour mixture - then gradually mix in enough milk to give a soft dropping consistency.
• Grease German flan pan. Add dough to greased pan, spreading evenly with a spatula.
• Bake at 350F degrees for about 20 minutes until tests done with a toothpick.
• Remove from oven. Cool in pan on a rack for 15 minutes, then invert on a cake plate or other large plate.
• Arrange fresh berries or other fresh or canned fruits (kiwi slices, pineapple, gooseberries, apricots, and cherries are nice) on top of the inverted sponge cake (note: you may add a thin custard layer prior to filling with fruit, if you wish). Spread your favorite fruit glaze over the top of the fruit (may use a clear glaze or use strawberry or red currant jelly, or apricot jam). Chill until serving time.
• Serve with dollops of fresh whipped cream, and a cup of coffee. Enjoy!

GRILLED ANGEL FOOD CAKE WITH FRESH FRUIT SALSA

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, combine fruit, sugar, lime juice, mint, and cayenne pepper and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for a couple of hours before serving.
• When ready to serve, prepare and preheat grill.
• Slice cake in half horizontally and place, cut side down, on grill 6" from medium coals.
• Grill for 30-60 seconds or until light golden brown. Carefully turn cake and grill on second side for 30-60 seconds until light golden brown.
• Be sure to watch the angel food cake very carefully when grilling. Don't leave the grill for even a second, because it will brown very quickly!
• Cut cake into 8 pieces and top with fruit mixture and sherbet or sorbet.
• Enjoy!

OLD-FASHIONED FRESH FRUIT CAKE (SWEDISH)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 175°C (or 350°F).
• Butter and flour a spring form pan.
• Cover the bottom with baking parchment and clip on the ring.
• Sift together flour, baking powder and vanilla into a bowl and set aside.
• Slice the fruit of your choice and toss in a mixture of sugar and cinnamon and set aside.
• Cream eggs and sugar until yellow and fluffy.
• Put buttermilk and butter in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
• Take it of the heat.
• Pour the liquid into the egg batter and blend together.
• Stir in the flour mixture to the batter, carefully.
• Pour a little batter in the bottom of the pan just to coat it.
• Arrange the fruit slices to coat the bottom of the pan.
• Pour in the remaining batter.
• Sprinkle the top with a thin coating of sugar.
• Bake for about 50 minutes try with a stick to see if it comes out clean.
• Let it cool slightly and run a knife around the edges; open the ring and let cool completely.
• Enjoy as is or with ice cream!

ANGEL FOOD CAKE WITH FRESH FRUIT AND LIME DRIZZLE

Steps:

• Combine the lime juice, sugar, and 1/4 cup water in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Stir constantly, cooking until sugar dissolves.
• Refrigerate until cool.
• Slice cake and plate it on individual plates. Top with strawberries.
• Stir the zest into the cooled syrup and drizzle over the fruit and cake.
• Serve.

FLUTED LEMON CAKE WITH FRESH FRUIT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube pan. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in lemon zest and extract., In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with yogurt, beating well after each addition., Transfer to prepared pan. Bake 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. If desired, dust with confectioners' sugar. Serve with fresh fruit and whipped cream.

CAKE-MIX FRESH FRUIT PIZZA

Steps:

• Mix cake mix, egg and margarine together and spread on greased and wax papered large pizza pan.
• Bake 15 minutes at 350 degrees.
• Cool.
• Mix cream cheese, confectioners sugar and Cool Whip together and spread over crust.
• Arrange fruit as desired on top.

GRILLED ANGELFOOD CAKE WITH FRESH FRUIT SALSA

Steps:

• 1. In a bowl, mix fruits, sugar, lime juice, mint and cayenne (if you are adding heat). Cover and refrigerate a couple of hours before serving. You can also do this the night before and the flavors can blend completely!
• 2. Prepare and preheat grill. I did use some foil on my grill but spraying with cooking spray is okay as well.
• 3. Slice angelfood cake horizontally, place cut side down on grill.
• 4. Grill for about 30-60 seconds or until light golden brown. Carefully flip cake and grill for another 30-60 seconds until golden brown. DO NOT LEAVE CAKE UNATTENDED, IT WILL BURN FAST!!!
• 5. Cut cake into about 8 pieces, top with fruit salsa and a scoop of sherbet.

FRESH FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 10 inch round cake pan.
• Combine the egg whites and water in a large glass or metal bowl. Whip the egg whites to soft peaks in a large bowl. Continue to whip, while gradually adding sugar until egg whites can stand in stiff peaks. Continue to whip on medium speed while adding one egg yolk at a time. Combine the flour and baking powder; fold gently into the batter. Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool the cake in the pan for 10 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
• Stir the cornstarch with the water in a small bowl to dissolve and set aside. In a medium saucepan, beat together the sweetened condensed milk and the egg yolks. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring constantly. Stir in the cornstarch mixture. When the filling thickens, remove from heat and set aside to cool.
• Mix together the strawberries, peaches, and blueberries in a medium bowl. Using a thread or a bread knife, slice the cooled cake in half horizontally. Spread the mixed fruit across the bottom half of the cake, pour any fruit juice over the berries to moisten the cake. Spread the cream filling over the top of the fruit. Top with the other half of the cake. Frost the cake with whipped cream or your favorite white frosting.

FRESH FRUIT COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Butter and Flour a 9x13 baking pan.
• In a large bowl, combine first three ingredients (cream cheese, Butter, granulated sugar) and beat with a wooden spoon or electric mixer until light and fluffy.
• Stir in the milk, eggs, and vanilla.
• In a medium bowl combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir to blend.
• Add to the cheese mixture and beat until smooth.
• Spread 1/2 of the batter in the prepared pan. Scatter fruit evenly over the batter. Dot the remaining batter over the fruit.
• Mix brown sugar and nuts together, sprinkle evenly over batter.
• Bake for 40 minutes or until the cake is golden brown and a tester comes out clean.
• Let cool or serve warm. Yummy either way.

FRESH FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• PREHEAT the oven to 180°C.
• Butter a 23cm cake tin, preferably one with a removable base, and sprinkle with the dried breadcrumbs.
• Dust off excess crumbs and set tin aside.
• Cream the butter and sugar together, add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition to incorporate the ingredients.
• Sift in the flour and baking powder together and with a wooden spoon mix the dry ingredients into the creamed mixture with the milk and vanilla paste (and almond extract if using), stirring only enough to incorporate.
• Spoon half the batter into the tin and carefully spoon in the fresh fruit on top of the batter. Then spoon the second half of the batter over the fruit. Don't worry if the batter does not completely cover the fruit. During the cooking process, it will spread and the fruit will be encased in the cake.
• Bake in a pre-heated 180C oven for 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean.
• Remove the cake from the oven and stand for 10 minutes before releasing the sides of the cake tin.
• Serve warm or at room temperature, dusted with icing sugar.

FRUIT CAKE (FRESH FRUIT IN THE SHAPE OF A CAKE)

Steps:

• Lay watermelon on its side. With a large, non-serrated, sharp butcher knife, cut both ends off to form straight edges. Turn watermelon so that it is sitting flat-sides up and down. Carefully trim the rhind off, so it resembles the smooth, straight curve of a round cake.
• Arrange pineapple, strawberries and kiwi however you wish atop the cake and around the bottom. If it is being prepared ahead of time, leave the tops on the strawberries to preserve their freshness.
• Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
• The best way I found to serve it was for our guests to pluck their fruit of choice off the "cake" while I sliced chunks of watermelon as requested.

CREAM CAKE WITH FRESH FRUIT

Steps:

• For the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a 9-inch springform pan with nonstick spray.
• In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder and salt to combine.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whip the eggs and granulated sugar on low speed to thoroughly combine, about 1 minute. Raise the speed and whip until the mixture becomes pale and thick, 5 to 6 minutes. With the mixer running on low speed, add the cream in a slow, steady stream and mix to thoroughly combine. Add the vanilla and mix to combine.
• Add the flour mixture in 2 to 3 additions, mixing well to fully and smoothly combine. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and spread into an even layer, then sprinkle generously with turbinado or sanding sugar.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean (or with a few moist crumbs), 65 to 75 minutes. Transfer to a cooling rack and cool the cake completely in the pan.
• For the fruit: Combine the fruit and granulated sugar in a medium bowl and toss well to combine. Macerate at room temperature, stirring occasionally, for at least 30 minutes and up to 4 hours before serving.
• To unmold the cooled cake, run a small offset spatula around the outside edge, then release the outer ring of the pan. Slide an offset spatula under the cake all the way around and gently transfer to a serving platter. Serve slices of cake with a spoonful or two of fruit and their juices.

FRESH APPLE OR FRESH PEAR CAKE (NOTE: YOU CAN ALSO SUBSTITUTE MANY DRIED FRUITS IN PLACE OF THE FRESH FRUITS -- THIS IS A VERY VERSATILE NON-TRADITIONAL FRUIT CAKE RECIPE) RECIPE - (5/5)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a bundt pan, tube pan, or 2 loaf pans. In a large mixing bowl mix the flour, sugar, salt, baking soda, cinnamon if you are using this optional ingredient, chopped pecans or walnuts, and the fresh apples or fresh pears. Make a well in the center of the dried ingredients and set aside. In another bowl add the cooking oil or applesauce if you are substituting that for the oil, eggs, and the vanilla and with a whisk beat well until thoroughly blended. Pour the liquid ingredients into the center well of the dried ingredients. With a large spoon stir until all of the liquid ingredients have been well blended and incorporated into the dry ingredients. Do not be alarmed, this is a very heavy cake batter and you cannot use an electric mixer when adding the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients. You must mix this by hand. Press the cake batter into the greased and floured bundt pan, tube pan, or divide evenly between the 2 loaf pans. Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 1 hour. The cake is done when a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. This cake will have a golden brown outside crust which is slightly thicker than a normal cake. This is normal. You can serve this cake plain without an icing, or you may dust the cake with powdered sugar, or drizzle with an icing made from powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla. **SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING DRIED FRUITS INSTEAD OF THE FRESH APPLES OR FRESH PEARS. 2 cups of chopped dried cherries, apricots, pineapple, cranraisins, dates, or any other dried fruit of your choice can be substituted for the fresh apples or pears. Simply chop the dried fruit of your choice into small pieces and cover with water, apple juice, or apple cider and let them hydrate several minutes before adding them to the dry ingredients. Discard the excess liquid before you add the dried hydrated fruits to the dry ingredients. You may also substitute candied cherries and pineapples which are available for baking at Thanksgiving and Christmas from your local supermarkets. No need to hydrate these, simply chop them into small pieces and add them to the dry ingredients. Use 1 cup of candied cherries and 1 cup of candied pineapple in place of the fresh apples or fresh pears.

ALMOND CAKE WITH FRESH FRUIT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Butter and line a 9-inch cake pan with parchment paper. Chop almonds in food processor. Add the sugar and eggs and process 1-minute. Add the butter and salt and process 1 minute more.
• Spread the mixture in the prepared pan and bake for 20 to 25 minutes. Cool on a wire rack in pan. When cool, carefully unmold.
• Melt raspberry preserves and spread over cake. Slice fruit and arrange over cake. Combine apricot preserves and lemon juice in a small saucepan. Heat until melted. Strain and drizzle over fruit.

FLUTED LEMON CAKE WITH FRESH FRUIT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube pan. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in lemon peel and extract.
• In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with yogurt, beating well after each addition.
• Transfer to prepared pan. Bake 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. If desired, dust with confectioners' sugar. Serve with fresh fruit and whipped cream

SUGAR FREE LEMON LIME CAKE W/FRESH FRUIT

Steps:

• Of course you can use any boxed cake mix you choose. I used a Maryanne Baking pan, because the recessed area comes in handy for holding the fresh fruit. PREHEAT OVEN TO 325 DEGREES F. You may also want to use a Flan pan, but of course it would make 2 smaller versions.
• Add cake mix to a medium bowl, then add Pistachio pudding and dry cool aid, then stir to mix.
• Then add oil, milk and eggs to bowl & beat well to mix.
• Then spray pan with Bakers Joy or non stick cooking spray, and pour in batter.
• Bake in preheated 325 degrees oven for about 40 to 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Remove from oven and allow to cool till cake pulls away from sides of pan, then invert onto cooling rack and allow to cool completely. Transfer to a cake platter, and frost with your favorite frosting.
• Garnish with fresh strawberries, washed, hulled and quartered, along with peeled and sliced kiwi fruit. Add sugar free yogurt covered raisins along base of cake and alternate with quartered strawberry wedges.
• Add sugar Free yogurt covered raisins along base of cake and alternate with quartered strawberry wedges, as shown in picture.
• Serve and enjoy.

FLUTED LEMON CAKE WITH FRESH FRUIT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube pan. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in lemon zest and extract., In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with yogurt, beating well after each addition., Transfer to prepared pan. Bake 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. If desired, dust with confectioners' sugar. Serve with fresh fruit and whipped cream.

FRESH FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• Beat the egg with sugar.
• Add the oil slowly.
• Add vanilla and milk and continue beating.
• Add self rising flour nad beating until the mixture combine.
• Put it in the oily pan, in to the oven (350F).
• Let the cake cool, then cut the upper section.
• face:.
• cut the mango and pineapple to cube.
• glaze:.
• heat the sugar, water, and saffron until the liquid become less. Let cool.
• Pour over the fruit. After 15 minute brush the liquid from the fruit over the cake.
• put the fruit over cake and design it with whipping cream.

FRESH FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Cream the butter and the sugar (I do this by hand using two forks). Add the grated lemon zest. Add the eggs, and vanilla, stirring each to combine. In a separate bowl combine the flour, salt, and baking soda. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir to combine. Pour the batter into a greased 8″ pan. Top with the fruit. Combine the brown sugar and cinnamon, and sprinkle the mixture on top of the fruit. Bake for 30 minutes, or until the top is browned.