FRUIT & VEGETABLE  

cakes

Our naturally sweet, fresh fruit cakes are full of fiber, providing that perfect reason to cut just one more slice. The fresh, delicious, brightly colored fruit in our cakes has a mouthwatering appeal that never fails to please the eye and delight the palate.

We urge you to try our vegetable cakes - trust us you will not be disappointed!

 

GOOD TO KNOW

FRESH FRUIT & VEGETABLE CAKES
There is something magical about ripe fruit that has inspired us to write and to paint, and of course to cook and to bake. The sumptuous and rich harvests in the fruit-growing areas of the world have encouraged cooks to develop many local specialties,
Figs, dates, and grapes, ripened in the sun and dried in hot sand, were a staple in the early Mideastern diet and in due course spread worldwide. Spices were imported from the Orient and so highly valued that demand for them caused centuries of conflicts. In Arabia, fruit and spices were wrapped in pastry, and in northern Europe they were kneaded into bread dough’s. In time, eggs, sugar, batter, and alcohol were introduced to the mixture to create rich fruitcakes.

Dried fruit and nuts are a classic combination. Chopped or ground nuts frequently substitute butter and sometimes flour in a cake mixture because they are packed with natural oils. They insert slight flavor and a markedly rich moistness to a cake, whereas fruit inreases the aroma, deepens the texture, and improves the keeping quality of the cake.

“We were permitted only one piece of cake at teatime, never two! To have two was considered greedy.”

Michael Smith’s

Afternoon Tea (1986)