Apricot and Blueberry Crumble Cake

Feeling a bit sorry for myself the last few days after a car accident last week, though I say just a bit sorry for myself because you only have to watch the news for about 30 seconds at the moment to put your own problems in perspective. I've been confined to the house on some fairly hefty painkillers and resting most of the time but I've been trying to keep myself moving and I've been pottering about a bit so decided I'd try out a new recipe today.  

I happened to have lots of blueberries that needed using up and trying to avoid wastage I found this recipe http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/7037/apricot-and-blueberry-crumble-cake

My first discovery from the recipe is that it tells you to line the baking tray - occasionally I find you can get away without doing this and just grease the tin but it's essential in this recipe and make sure you leave an overhang of paper at either end of the tin as this is the only way I could see to get the cake out of the tin without it crumbling to bits!

This is one of those recipes where it just says "Beat the butter, sugar, four, baking powder, eggs and milk together until creamy," however this always makes me a little nervous shoving everything in together so I went for :

. Cream the butter and sugar until pale
. Beat in the eggs with a little of the flour
. Beat in the rest of the flour and the baking powder
. Add the milk

As soon as I started baking of course my little pup arrived, she insists on sitting right on top of my feet while I'm baking just so she can get to any dropages before I can clear them up! 

The recipe says to half the apricots but I found that cutting them into smaller pieces - about 6ths - enabled them to be spread more evenly across the top of the cake. 

Adding lots of fruit and using a light yogurt makes the cake healthy right...








With the yogurt, fruit and crumble added before baking again.

Once baked I was able to use the excess baking parchment at the sides to lift the cake out to cool, if I hadn't had that I have no idea how I would have got it out of the tin without it falling apart!






The verdict is....   An excellent, easy to make, super yummy recipe perfect enjoyed with a good cup of tea but would also work really well as a dessert served warm with some cream.  I might have to experiment with some different fruit toppings in the future.