Shortcake
Use apple, feijoas or gooseberries to create this delicious slice.
Ingredients
- 170 grams of softened butter
- 170 grams of sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups of flour (300 grams)
- 1 tsp of baking powder
- 2 cups of stewed apples (feijoas or gooseberries)
Instructions
- Line a 27cm x 17.5cm tin (a common brownie tin)
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
- Cream the softened butter and sugar until its light in colour. (Walk away and complete another task while you cream the mixture. I always find when I forget about the cake mixer - the shortcake is at it’s lightest in texture)
- Add the eggs one at a time making sure it is well combined after each addition.
- Sift in the flour and baking powder and fold it through the creamed mixture.
- Spread half the mixture into your lined dish pat down into an even layer.
- Spread on your prepared fruit.
- Crumble the remaining mixture over the top of the fruit, remembering to go into the corners.
- Cook 25 - 30 minutes.
- Dust with icing sugar to serve.
- It is delicious warm with vanilla ice cream or cream, or eaten cold as a slice.