On Monday night we had some friends from church over for dinner. Susan cooked a modified version of Quick Chicken Divan and our guests, Chris and Christina, brought an amazing Italian Fruit Salad Cake. Chris is Italian and he used to work at the bakery that makes this fabulous cake. Generally we don't eat very much dessert, but we each enjoyed TWO slices of this fabulous cake!

The cake has a base of angel food cake (about one inch thick) topped with banana pudding with loads of fresh fruit on top (strawberries, bananas, and peaches). The fresh fruit is what makes up the majority of the height of the cake (and it's weight - this is one heavy cake!) and it's all iced with a heavy cream-based "frosting". The fruit certainly makes it healthier, so we only felt a little guilty when going for seconds. The angel food cake is so light and fluffy that it doesn't seem too unhealthy. Only the rich cream topping makes you think you're really eating dessert. So, we're officially big fans of this cake and Susan is wondering if there's a way she can make a healthy version of it that we could eat more regularly.

Labels: Food, NY