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Fowler's Fancy Fruit Cake Recipe
by Global Cookbook

Fowler's Fancy Fruit Cake
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  Servings: 2

Ingredients

  • 1 x Pink rose
  • 1 x Egg white
  • 25 gm Caster sugar
  • 25 gm Butter
  • 55 gm Sugar
  • 2 x Peach slices Grated rind of 1 orange and 1 lemon
  • 1 Tbsp. Sherry
  • 25 gm Raspberries
  • 100 gm Madeira cakes, cut into 1/2cm/ 1/4" slices Mint spring to garnish
  • 55 gm Sugar
  • 4 Tbsp. Water
  • 1 x Vanilla pod
  • 100 ml Creme fraiche
  • 100 gm Raspberries
  • 1 Tbsp. Icing sugar

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 220c/425f/Gas 7. Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper.
  2. 1 For the Rose Petals: Brush rose petals with egg white, sprinkle with caster sugar, and leave to dry.
  3. 2 For the Peach and Raspberry Charlotte: Heat the butter in a frying pan and add in sugar, peach slices, orange and lemon zest. Saute/fry for one minute, add in the sherry and 25g/1oz raspberries and cook for a further minute.
  4. 3 Use a 10cm/4" cutter to cut out four circles from the Madeira cake slices. Put a circle in the base of each cutter and use more slices to line the sides.
  5. 4 Spoon the peach and raspberry mix into the lined moulds, cover with more circles of cake, press down the lids and bake for 15 min.
  6. 5 For the Caramel Baskets: In a heavy based pan dissolve the sugar in 4 tbsp water on a low heat and boil till golden.
  7. 6 Using a spoon, drizzle the caramel over an upturned ladle to create a basket and leave to set.
  8. 7 For the Vanilla Creme Fraiche: Split the vanilla pod, scrape out the seeds and mix into the creme fraiche.
  9. 8 For the Raspberry Coulis: Put a few raspberries to one side, then liquidise the remainder with 1 tbsp icing sugar and pass through a sieve.
  10. 9 Place each peach and raspberry charlotte in the centre of a plate, spoon over the creme fraiche and raspberry coulis and place the caramel basket over the top. Finally garnish with raspberries and mint sprigs.