PEACH AND BLUEBERRY STREUSEL CAKE
Ingredients
- 125g/4oz self-raising flour
- 75g/3oz unsalted butter
- 75g/3oz soft light brown sugar
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tbsp demerara sugar
- 250g/8oz butter
- plus extra for greasing
- 250g/8oz plain flour
- 125g/4oz granulated sugar
- 150g/5oz light soft brown sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 3 free-range eggs
- separated
- 250ml/8floz whole milk
- 200g/7oz fresh blueberries
- 1 x 400g/7oz tin peach slices in syrup
- drained
- 200g/7oz blueberries
- 1 x 400g/7oz tin peach slices in syrup
- drained
- 65g/2½oz caster sugar
- 1½ tbsp plain flour
- 1½ tsp lemon juice
Directions
- For the crumble topping
- place all of the crumble ingredients into a large bowl. Rub the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Set aside.
- For the cake preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Grease a 23cmx30cm/9inx12in baking dish with a little of the butter
- Sift the flour into a bowl and stir in the sugars. Rub the butter into the flour mixture until it resembles breadcrumbs. Stir in the baking powder
- salt
- egg yolks and milk and stir until well combined.
- Whisk the egg whites in a bowl until soft peaks form when the whisk is removed. Fold the egg whites into the cake mixture.
- Spoon the cake batter into the baking dish and scatter over the blueberries and peach slices.
- Sprinkle over half of the crumble topping and bake for 40-50 minutes
- or until golden-brown on top and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Remove the cake from the oven and set aside to cool for 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile for the jam
- heat the peaches and the juice from the can
- blueberries
- sugar
- flour and juice in a saucepan over a medium heat until boiling. Reduce the heat and simmer for 8-10 minutes
- or until the mixture is thick and jammy. Remove the pan from the heat.
- Spread the jam over the cake and sprinkle over the remaining crumble topping.
- Return the cake to the oven and bake for a further 8-10 minutes
- or until the topping is crisp and golden-brown.

