Vanilla cake with whipped cream and fresh fruit frosting

Ingredients

Vanilla Cake:

• Ingredients
• Flour - 1 1/2 cups
• Baking powder - 1/2 tbsp
• Salt - 1/4 tsp
• Sugar - 1 1/4 cup
• Vegetable Oil - 1/2 cup
• Vanilla - 2 tsp
• Eggs - 2 large
• Milk - 1/2 cup at room temp

Whipped Cream Frosting:

• Ingredients
• Heavy whipping cream - 2 1/2 cups (it should be really cold)
• Vanilla extract - 1 tsp
• Sugar - 3 tbsp

Fruits for Filling and Garnish:

• Ingredients
• I used 6 Strawberries, 1 Mango and 2 kiwis for this. It would be great to use canned pineapples and peaches as well.
• For the filling use 1/2 cup of assorted chopped fruits.
• For the garnish use sliced fruits pieces as shown in the picture or as per your imagination :).

Apricot Glaze:

• Ingredients
• Apricot jam or preserve - 1/2 cup
• Water - 1 tbsp

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Preparation

• Vanilla Cake
  
  Preparation
  
  Preheat oven to 180 degree C and prepare a 9 inch x 2 inch pan with parchment paper. Remember to grease the sides of pan as well.
  
  Sieve and mix together flour, salt and baking powder.
  
  Mix together the wet ingredients , i.e, oil, sugar, vanilla and eggs using a hand or stand mixer.
  Now add the flour and milk in 3 additions starting and ending with the flour. Fold this in using a spatula.
  
  Pour into the prepared pan and bake for 25-30 min or until a toothpick inserted in the centre of cake comes out clean.
  
  Cool the cake completely before frosting.
• Whipped Cream Frosting
  
  First place your whipping bowl and blades in freezer for around 15 mins.
  Place whipping cream, sugar and vanilla extract in the bowl and whip till you get stiff peaks.
  
  If you would like your cream to be more stabilized it would be a good idea to add gelatine to your cream while whipping. For this mix 2 tsps of gelatin in 2 tablespoon of hot water and mix until dissolved.
  Pour this into your cream once soft peaks have formed and then whip on till you get stiff peaks.
• Apricot Glaze
  
  Place apricot jam and water in a saucepan and heat till it liquefies.Remove from flame.
  Strain this to remove any lumps.
  Cool the mixture till its just slightly warm. Do not let this cool completely as the mixture would solidify
• Assembly
  
  Place the down side of the cake up so that we can get a smooth flat surface to work on.
  Cut the cake into half horizontally.
  
  On the lower half of the cake place 1/2 cup whipped cream and spread out. Now top it with the chopped fruits. Spread out as evenly as possible.
  
  Place the second layer of cake on this. Now spread the remaining cream on the top and sides of the cake.
  Now garnish with the sliced fruits as desired.
  
  Finally brush the fruits with the apricot glaze using a pastry brush. This allows the fruits to remain fresh and glossy even after refrigeration.
  Refrigerate the cake for several hours or even overnight so that its sets well.
  Serve straight from the fridge.