🍰 Tutti Frutti Cake (Soft, Moist & Colorful)
Tutti frutti cake is a classic bakery-style cake made with vanilla sponge and candied fruit bits—sweet, soft, and slightly chewy.
🧾 Ingredients
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ cup butter (softened) or oil
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup tutti frutti (candied papaya) tutti frutti
- 1 tbsp flour (to coat fruits)
- Pinch of salt
👨🍳 Instructions
1. Prep oven
- Preheat to 180°C (350°F)
- Grease and line a cake pan
2. Prepare fruits
- Toss tutti frutti in 1 tbsp flour (prevents sinking in batter)
3. Make batter
- Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy
- Add eggs one at a time and mix well
- Add vanilla extract
4. Combine dry ingredients
- Sift flour, baking powder, and salt
- Add to wet mixture alternately with milk
- Mix gently (don’t overmix)
5. Add tutti frutti
- Fold in coated tutti frutti evenly
6. Bake
- Pour batter into pan
- Bake for 35–45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
7. Cool & serve
- Let it cool completely before slicing
💡 Tips for best cake
- Don’t overmix after adding flour (keeps cake soft)
- Coat fruits in flour so they don’t sink
- Add a few chopped nuts for crunch (optional)
- Works great with tea ☕
🍽️ Variations
- Eggless version (use yogurt or condensed milk)
- Pineapple tutti frutti twist 🍍
- Cupcake version for individual servings
If you want, I can also give you a bakery-style eggless tutti frutti cake or a super fluffy sponge version like commercial bakeries 👍
