Name: Apricot traybake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Ingredients: 1 kg of apricots; 5 eggs; 200g soft butter; 100g icing sugar; 50g granulated sugar; 200g plain flour; 1 Tbsp vanilla sugar or 1tsp vanilla essence; 1 tsp baking powder

Apricot traybake

28 Aug 2015

by Emese

Prep Time

15 minutes

Cook Time

45 minutes

Total Time

1 hour

Background

Apricot traybake (Sárgabarackos lepény) is very popular in Hungary, as we produce lot's of apricots in the Summer. If you want a simple summery cake for afternoon tea or after Sunday lunch - this could be the perfect recipe for you! But if you can't get fresh apricots easily just use tinned fruits!

Ingredients

1 kg of apricots
5 eggs
200g soft butter
100g icing sugar
50g granulated sugar
200g plain flour
1 Tbsp vanilla sugar or 1tsp vanilla essence
1 tsp baking powder

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 170°C. Cut the apricots in half, carefully remove the stones. Half the apricots again to get wedges.
Separate the eggs.
Beat the butter, powdered sugar and vanilla sugar until light and creamy, then stir in the egg yolks.
Mix the flour with the baking powder, add this to the butter mixture and combine gently,
Beat the egg whites with the granulated sugar until you get a hard foam, then fold this into the batter with a spatula.
Grease a baking tray then transfer the batter into it. Spread it evenly around the tray with the spatula.
Put the apricot pieces on the top, slightly pushing them into the batter.
Put the tray into the oven and bake for 45 minutes.
Let it cool then cut it into slices. Dust the cake with icing sugar before serving.
Serve with custard if you like.