Here are two easy, old-fashioned options—you can pick fruit cobbler or a simple fruit cake depending on what you’re in the mood for 🍑🍓🍰
🍑 Easy Fruit Cobbler (Any Fruit)
Ingredients
- 4 cups fruit (peaches, berries, apples, cherries, or mixed)
- 1 cup sugar (adjust to fruit sweetness)
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted
- Optional: 1/2 tsp cinnamon or vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Pour melted butter into a 9×13 baking dish.
- Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, milk, and vanilla (do not stir into butter).
- Spoon fruit evenly over batter.
- Bake 40–45 minutes until golden and bubbly.
- Serve warm (great with vanilla ice cream).
🍓 Simple Fruit Cake (One-Bowl)
Ingredients
- 2 cups fresh or canned fruit (drained if canned)
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/3 cup oil or melted butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Mix all ingredients in one bowl until just combined.
- Pour into greased 9-inch pan.
- Bake 35–40 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool slightly and dust with powdered sugar.
Which should you choose?
- Cobbler → warm, juicy, spoonable dessert
- Cake → sliceable, great with coffee or tea
If you tell me what fruit you have (peaches, apples, berries, frozen fruit, canned fruit), I can tailor the recipe exactly to that 🍎🍑🍓
