Food Friday: Fruit Platz

Sort of like a fruit pizza...

Ingredients

Base:

• 500ml flour (2 cups)
• 15ml baking powder (1 tablespoon)
• 60ml sugar (1/4 cup)
• 30ml margarine, butter, or shortening
• 250ml cream (1 cup)
  
• 1 egg
• fresh fruit
  

Topping:

• 60ml sugar (1/4 cup)
• 60ml flour (1/4 cup)
• 5ml baking powder (1 teaspoon)
• 30ml butter (2 tablespoons)
• cream (optional)
  

Directions

1. Mix the flour, baking powder and sugar together.
   
2. Add shortening and mix with fingertips until you have fine crumbs.
3. Add cream and egg. Mix well and pat out onto a large greased baking sheet, pushing up the sides a little.
   
4. Cover with a layer of your choice of fresh fruit: appleas, peaches, cherries, plums, apricats, or anthing that's in season (or on sale!) or that you like.
5. Prepare topping by mixing the first three ingredients (sugar, flour, and baking powder) and then rubbing in butter and enough cream to make coarse crumbs (or just butter if you prefer).
6. Sprinkle topping thickly over the fruit and bake in a 375 degree (F) oven for 25-30 minutes.