Gooseberry Crumble Cake
Serves: 4 to 6
This Gooseberry Crumble Cake is perfect for highlighting seasonal gooseberries.
Ingredients
For the cake
- 140 g (5 oz) plain flour, (all-purpose flour)
- 10 g (2 teaspoons) baking powder
- 50 g (¼ cup) caster sugar, (superfine sugar)
- 1 egg
- 45 ml (3 tablespoons) milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 85 g (¾ stick) unsalted butter, melted
- 300-500 g (11 oz) gooseberries
For the crumble
- 40 g (⅓ cup) plain flour, (all-purpose flour)
- 35 g (3 tablespoons) caster sugar, (superfine sugar)
- 35 g (2 tablespoons) unsalted butter, cold and diced
To Decorate
- edible flowers, optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F (without fan).
- Grease and line the base of a 20 cm (8 inch) round springform cake pan.
- Place the flour, baking powder and sugar into a large bowl.
- In a large jug or mixing bowl, whisk together the egg, milk, vanilla and melted butter.
- Gently mix the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients until everything is incorporated.
- Spoon the mixture into the cake tin.
- Gently wash the gooseberries, and top and tail each berry. Arrange the gooseberries on top of the batter, and gently press them into the batter.
- Make the crumble topping by placing the flour, sugar and butter into a large bowl. Rub the butter into the other ingredients with your fingertips until you have a mixture resembling wet sand.
- Sprinkle the crumble topping over the gooseberries.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes, or until the crumble is lightly golden and a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
- Leave the cake to cool in the pan on a wire rack for about 10 minutes before serving warm or transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
- If you fancy, decorate with edible flowers.
Kitchen Notes
- OVEN TEMPERATURES
All recipes on this website state temperatures for a regular oven (i.e. a conventional oven without fan). If you have a convection oven with a fan, please consult the manufacturer's handbook on how to adjust the temperature and baking time accordingly. - CONVERSIONS
To convert from cups to grams, and vice-versa, please see this handy Conversion Chart for Basic Ingredients.