Harvest Grape Cake

It's near harvest time here at Tūpari and we couldn't think of a better way to celebrate than to share one of our favourite harvest recipes with you! 

Harvest Grape Cake

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups Self Raising Flour
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1/4 tsp Baking Soda
• 3/4 cups of Soft Brown Sugar
• 50g Butter (Soft) 
• 4 tbsp Flaxbourne Olive Oil 
• 2 Eggs
• 2 tbsp Lemon rind
• 1 tspn Vanilla Essence
• 1 1/2 cups of small grapes (harvest thinnings red, green or both) 
• 3/4 cups of Tūpari Riesling or Pinot Gris

Method

• Preheat the oven to 200C
• Oil and line baking tin 
• Sift flour, salt and baking sode into a bowl 
• In a seperate bowl, beat the sugar, butter and olive oil 
• Beat eggs, lemon rind and vanilla into the sugar mixture 
• Alternate folding the flour the mixture and the wine into the sugar mixture, mix until smooth after each addition 
• Pour batter into tin 
• Sprinkle graps over the top
• Bake for 45mins at 200c until a skewer comes out clean 
• Cool on a wire rack but it is best eaten warm from the oven! 
  
  Enjoy and share with your loved ones!