This is a bakery item which can be prepared very quickly and taste sweet.

Ingredients:

For Cake

• 200g (1 1/2 cups) self raising flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 100g (1/2 cup) caster sugar
• 150 ml(2/3 cup) yogurt
• 5 tbsp sunflower oil
• 1 tsp vanilla essence

For Filling

• 2 cups of chopped fruits -apples, bananas, pears, peaches, pineapple, apricots, or a mixture
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tbsp sugar / muscavado/ soft brown sugar
• Cake tins – 2 round sandwich tins, greased and floured
• Oven temperature – 180C (350F/ gas mark 4)
• Baking time – 20 minutes

Procedure:

For Cake

• Sift flour, baking powder and sugar together. In a separate bowl, combine the yogurt ,oil and vanilla essence.
• Combine the two mixtures and beat for a minute with a spoon.
• Pour into the prepared tins.
• Bake for 20 min
• Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes.
• Turn out onto a cooling rack. let it cool completely before filling.

For the filling

• Peel and chop the fruits
• Cook over low heat until soft
• Add lemon juice and sugar and mash with a fork or masher
• Leave to cool slightly before spreading on the cake

Note:

• The cake recipe can be used to make plain vanilla cup cakes too
• If you can not get self raising flour make it at home by sifting together flour and baking powder in this proportion :- 1 tsp of baking powder to each 100g(1cup) of flour. mix them thoroughly and sieve them twice or thrice.
• Store in an airtight container, in a cool, dry place