Apricot And Almond Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

None None CAKE
1 1/4 cups butter
1 1/3 cups granulated sugar
5 None eggs
2 cups self-rising flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
3.5 oz dried apricots, roughly chopped
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7 oz full-fat cream cheese
1/3 cup powdered sugar
2 tbsp sliced almonds, lightly toasted
8 oz raspberries
None None powdered sugar, to dust

Preparation

Preheat oven to 325\u00b0F. Grease a 9 inch cake pan and line base and sides with greased parchment paper.
Beat butter, sugar, eggs, flour and baking powder together until pale and creamy. Fold in apricots. Transfer to prepared pan, smooth surface and bake for about 1 hour 15 mins, until golden and a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 5 mins then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Meanwhile, to make the frosting, beat cream cheese and powdered sugar together until smooth. Spread over top of cake and decorate with almonds and raspberries. Lightly dust with powdered sugar to serve.