Fólkakaka (party cake)

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C and butter and flour a 24 cm round tin.
2. Whisk the eggs with the sugar until pale and foamy.
3. Fold in the flour, baking powder and salt, then the melted butter and vanilla.
4. Pour the batter into the tin and bake for 35 minutes, until golden.
5. Let it cool completely on a rack before cutting it in half horizontally.
6. Whip the cream with the icing sugar and vanilla until it holds stiff peaks.
7. Spread cream and diced candied fruit over the bottom half, cover with the other half and decorate the top.