Open Fruit Cake
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.
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.