Easy Summer Berry Crumble Cake

Ingredients

For the cake

• 4 eggs, at room temperature
• 180g sugar
• ½ of small orange
• 180g of butter, at room temperature
• 170g of self-raising flour ^{how to?}
• 30g potato starch ^alternative
• 1 tsp of baking powder
• 300g summer fruits, frozen or fresh

For crumble

• 130g of sugar
• 130g of butter, cold from fridge
• 220g of plain flour

Additionally

• 1 tbsp of icing sugar, for dusting ^{how to?}

Method

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius with the fan on.

Line a baking tray (24 x 35 centimetres) with baking parchment.

Crack the eggs into a mixing bowl.

Use a hand mixer to beat the eggs on medium speed for 1 minute, or until they are light and fluffy.

Cut an orange in half and squeeze the juice into a small bowl.

Add the orange juice to the dough.

Gradually add the sugar to the dough and mix until the sugar dissolves.

Add the butter to the dough and mix until it is well combined.

Sift the flour, baking powder, and potato starch together into a separate bowl.

Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until just combined. Do not over-mix.

Potato flour helps keep dough fluffy, moist, and fresh.

Whisk the mixture until it is smooth. This may take a minute or two.

Spread the dough into the prepared baking tray.

Let’s make the crumble

Combine the sugar, butter and flour in a medium bowl.

Rub the butter into the dry ingredients with your fingertips until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

Work quickly so that the butter doesn’t melt.

Spread the fruits over the dough in the baking tray, then sprinkle the crumble evenly on top.

Bake for 45-50 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean and the crumble is golden brown and crispy.

Once the cake is cool, dust it with powdered sugar and summer fruit dessert is ready.

Both fresh and frozen fruits can be used in this recipe.