- 250ml/9fl oz Pimms or similar fruit 'cup'
- 1 vanilla pod, split
- 250g/9oz caster sugar
- 200g/7oz strawberries, hulled
- 3 kiwi fruit, peeled and thickly sliced
- 100g/3½oz raspberries
- 150g/5½oz blueberries
- 375g/13oz plain flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 500g/1lb 2oz sugar
- pinch salt
- 225g/8oz butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
- 6 free-range eggs
- 1 vanilla pod, seeds scraped out
- 1 lemon, zest only
- 225ml/8fl oz buttermilk
- clotted cream, to serve
- For the Pimms-soaked fruits, place the Pimms, vanilla pod and sugar into a pan and bring to the boil. Boil for 6-8 minutes, or until reduced to make a syrup.
- Remove from the heat and allow to cool slightly. Place the fruit in a bowl then pour the syrup over the fruit.
- Preheat the oven to 165C/325F/Gas 3.
- For the buttermilk cake, sift the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt into a large bowl.
- Place the butter into a separate bowl and beat in the eggs, one at a time. Add the vanilla seeds and lemon zest and mix well.
- Add the buttermilk to the mixture, then pour this mixture into the flour mixture and fold together.
- Grease and line a 22cm/9in springform cake tin. Pour the cake mixture into the tin.
- Transfer to the oven and bake for about 1½hours, or until golden-brown and a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool slightly in the tin, then turn out onto a cooling rack to cool completely.
- To serve, cut the cake into wedges and serve with a dollop of clotted cream and a spoonful of the Pimms-soaked fruits.