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Fruit cakes and fruit desserts

2 recipes · Dessert cakes

2 fruit cakes and fruit desserts recipes from the “Big Cookbook,” in the dessert cakes category. From Henriette Schønberg Erken's original text to a modernized version for today's kitchen.

  • Fruit Cake II

    Erken's Fruit Cake II (1914): a simple dough in two layers with fruit compote or jam between, served warm with sugar or cold with whipped cream.

  • Pears à la bonne femme

    Pears à la bonne femme from Erken 1914: pears steamed tender in port and orange peel syrup, set on sponge rounds and decorated with chantilly cream.