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275g flour
5g cinnamon
5g baking powder
50g almonds
200g caster sugar
100g melted butter
2 free range organiceggs
50g yoghurt
30ml milk
For the filling
- 500 grams blackberries
- 50 grams caster sugar
- 30 grams cornflour
For the crumbs
- 150 grams plain flour
- 90 grams butter
- 40 grams sugar
Use a baking tray of 26x20 cm.
Americans love a generous rich tray bake, especially in the morning with their coffie. Here's one that will dissapear before your eyes, so good it tastes! In this recipe we use blackberries but all summer fruits taste great in this recipe.
Start by making the 'crumble' top layer
Sift the plain flour in a bowl and add the butter cubes.
Rub the butter into the flour until it changes to crumbs.
Stir the sugar in until it's fully integrated.
Put the dough crumbles aside until you need them later on.
Then we make the fruit filling.
Bring the berries to the boil in 50 ml water and let them simmer 2-3 minutes.
Mix the flour and the cornflour in a bowl and stir it into the fruit.
Let the fruit simmer while stirring for another 3 minutes until it's thick like jelly.
Preheat the oven to 180°c because now we start making the cake!
Sift the plain flour for the cake in a big bowl.
Sift baking powder&cinnamon and stir it into the flour.
Ground the almonds in the blender until their powder.
Stir the almond powder into the flour mixture.
Make sure everything is thoroughly combined together.
In a smaller bowl beat melted butter and sugar together.
Thin the yoghurt with the milk by stirring it in a small cup.
Also whisk the eggs and the thinned yoghurt in.
Mix the ingredients quickly to combine.
Mix in the flour but do not overmix it, beware of big lumps.
Scoop 2/3 of the batter in to a lined baking tin.
Spread the fruit in an even layer onto the batter and press jelly in the corners also.
Dot the remaining batter evenly over the fruit and cover it all with the crumbs.
Bake the tray bake for 30-40 minutes in the middle of the oven.
Let the cake cool in the baking tin for 10 minutes, then slice it in squares while it's still warm. Quickly brew some coffee and taste the cake...awesome!