Chris’s Tropical Fresh Fruit Cake. Baking Time: 35 mins. Hands-On Time: 1 hr 45 mins. Rub the butter into the flour until it looks like fine breadcrumbs, add sugar and dried Oil and line the bases of 3 x 20cm sandwich tins with baking parchment. There’s also tropical fruit in the cream filling and as decoration – with enough leftovers to make a tasty smoothie. Mix the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, half the sugar and the coconut in a large mixing bowl. Chris. https://www.amummytoo.co.uk/tropical-fruit-christmas-cake-recipe Difficulty: Easy. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Soak the fruit the day before baking. This cake can be eaten straight away, or matured for up to 3 months, wrapped and stored in a cake tin in a cool place. https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/carrotcakewithcreamc_86392 Fruit cakes are heavy, dense cakes that have a relatively low flour content and contain lots of mixed dried fruit. Serves: 16. This unusual three-layered sponge is made with fresh mango and pineapple, and limoncello liqueur. Series 8.