Cherry & Summer Fruits Drizzle Cake

An easy cake that is perfect for any occasion and can use any of your favouite fruits in season

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   1. Pre-heat oven to gas mark 4/ 180 c. Grease & line a 2lb (900g)loaf tin.
   2. In a large bowl beat together the butter, caster sugar,flour, eggs and vanilla until pale and thick - should take about 5 mins.
   3. Spoon 1/3 into bottom of loaf tin and add a layer of the fruit. Repeat. Spread the final third of the cake mix over the top.
   4. Bake cake in oven for 1 hour. Check with skewer to ensure is cooked - if skewer comes out clean is done.
   Cake will be quite golden on the outside. Remove from tin and set asise to cool - poke number of times with a skewer to make holes for the drizzle.
   5. Put remaining fruit (apart from the whole cherries with stalks) in a bowl along with granulated sugar. Mash together lightly with a fork & stir the lemon juice in until sugar is mostly dissolved.
   6. When the cake has cooled, place it on a serving plate pour over the fruit drizzle with the fruit arranged down the centre of the cake. Decorate with a line of whole cherries along the length of the cake. Leave to cool and set.
   7. Serve & enjoy!