Stunning Open Fruit Cake

This fruit cake is the perfect summer, refreshing cake for any occasion. It’s an open cake, meaning no frosting covering the sides. This gives the cake a more minimalistic view but the different fruit on top gives it a pop of color as well as some complexity!!

Open Fruit Cake

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A stunning cake that is open! No frosting on the sides that gives the cake a different style(and it's also way easier). The fruit on top give the cake a lot of color and add so much flavor.

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Prep Time 1 hour hr

Cook Time 35 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 35 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Servings 8 people

Ingredients

  

For the vanilla cake

• 2¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 2¼ tsp baking soda
• ¾ tsp salt
• ¾ cup unsalted butter room temperature
• 1½ cups granulated sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1½ tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup buttermilk

For vanilla buttercream

• 6 egg whites
• 1½ cups granulated sugar
• 2 cups unsalted butter room temperature
• 2 tsps vanilla extract

Instructions

 

Vanilla Cake

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray two 8 inch pans with non-stick spray
• Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt until well combined. Set aside.
• Cream the butter and sugar on medium. Reduce speed and add eggs one at a time fully incorporating after each addition. Add vanilla. 
• Alternate adding flour mixture and buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour (3 additions of flour and 2 of milk). Fully incorporating after each addition.
• Bake for 30-35mins or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out mostly clean.
• Place cakes on wire rack to cool for 10mins then turn out onto wire rack. 

Vanilla Buttercream

• Place egg whites and sugar into the bowl of a stand mixer, whisk until combined
• Place bowl over a pot with 1-2" of simmering water and whisk constantly until the mixture is hot and no longer grainy to the touch or reads 160F on a candy thermometer (approx. 3mins)
• Place bowl on your stand mixer and whisk on med-high until the meringue is stiff and cooled
• Switch to paddle attachment. Slowly add cubed butter and mix until smooth
• Add vanilla and whip until smooth.

Assembling Cake

• Place first layer of vanilla cake on cake stand or plate
• (OPTIONAL) Add mango pulp on top of cake. You can poke holes in the cake so the cake will absorb the mango pulp.
• Apply a dollop of buttercream and use an offset spatula to spread around cake. Spread all the way to the edge so frosting will be seen on the sides of the cake.
• Add second layer of vanilla cake on top of frosting.
• (OPTIONAL) Add mango pulp.
• Spread more buttercream on top, covering the whole cake.
• Wash fruit(strawberries, grapes, blueberries)
• Cut mangoes into thin long strands. Continue, making strands shorter and shorter as you go. Place the strands in a circular manner to make a flower shape.
• Ass fruit on the cake as you desire.

Keyword fruitcake, summercake

ENJOY!!