Made this simple, delicious and vibrant Apricot Slice for afternoon tea. Everybody loved the light tangy taste of the dried apricot and can't wait for their second helping. I think this would be great to serve on Christmas holidays as you can wrap the Apricot slices and store them in the fridge for about a week and then allow them to cool at room temperature half an hour before serving. As apricot pairs well with almond, I suggest you change the topping to almond flakes because the diced dried apricot almost turned black even I sprinkled them after 15 minutes of baking. Anyway I'm definitely going to make this again ~ A keeper for sure!
Apricot Slice
150g Soft butter
175g Caster sugar
1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
1/4 tsp Salt
3 Large eggs
175g Plain flour
100g Dried apricot
Method:
- Dice dried apricot and mix with 1 teaspoon plain flour, set aside.
- Beat soft butter, sugar, salt and vanilla extract till white and fluffy at medium speed.
- Lower speed add eggs one at a time and beat well until incorporated
- Stop machine and pour in plain flour and fold well with a rubber spatula.
- Lastly add in dried apricot and mix well.
- Pour batter into a 8 inch square tray (lined all sides up) and bake at preheated oven 170C for about 30 mins or skewer inserted comes out clean.
Labels: Baked Cakes
