Friday 3 June 2011

Soft succulent sweetness

Usually the term fruit cake evokes images of decade-old door stops that spontaneously combust if pushed too far across the carpet. This fluffy fruit-stuffed concoction, courtesy of Secret Recipe, is one of my all time favourite cakes. The Fruity Special combines the light mellow hum of fresh whipped cream with the sweet and juicy tang of tropical fruit. Mind you, they don't skimp on either of these things which are generously  dolloped between layers of a delicate sponge cake.


Nothing bothers me more than false advertising; giving a dish a saucy name inviting the expectations of your taste buds through the bolted doors of the forbidden steamy bordello of foodgasms only to throw your drooling carcass onto a barren sandbox devoid of life with only a suspicious damp patch and what you can only hope is a chocolate bar burning in the desert sun to keep you company. If you say it's fruity and special then it better damn well be packed with more fruits and speciality than the monster pit at a Lady Gaga concert. 


Grapes, melon, cantaloupe, papaya, kiwi, orange, mango, peaches and maraschino cherries are some of the delectable fruits that are jam-packed into this refreshing cake. As one of the few people in the universe who does not salivate at the thought of anything  that has quadruple  chocolate in its description, this cake provides a welcome satisfying alternative to the dense heft of cocoa-saturated cakes and brownies that take up so much space on bakery shelves these days.   

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