PEACH AND STRAWBERRY CAKE

Ingredients:
Peaches ........... 1 tin
Strawberries (fresh)... 600 gms
Sugar .................... 1/2 cup
Chantilly cream
For the cake:
Butter ........10 tbsp.
Eggs ............ 3
Sugar .......... 1/2 cup
White flour .... 1cup
Baking powder ..... 1 tsp.
Milk ...................... 3-4 tbsp.
Vanilla essence...... a few drops

Method:
1. To make strawberry crush blend 500 gms. strawberries and cook in a pan with half cup sugar.
2. Sift the flour and baking powder.
3. Beat the softened butter and sugar until light and creamy.
4. Now fold in the eggs, one at a time, adding the sifted flour after each addition and stir in the milk and the essence.Beat until the flour is mixed well.
5. Grease an oven-proof dish and place the peaches and pour the cake mixture on top.(Save the liquid from the can for moistening the cake later)
6. Bake it in the pre-heated oven for 40-45 mins until done. (You can check the cake by inserting a knife.)
7. Let the cake cool and remove the upper crust of the cake with a knife.
8. Mix a little sugar and few drops of vanilla essence in half the liquid from the can (about one cup)and pour it on the cake with a spoon.
9. Spread the strawberry crush and decorate the cake with chantilly cream and the remaining strawberries.

(For variation you can use any other fruits )