1. Preheat your oven to 170 °C (gas mark 3). Cut the butter into small dice.2. Chop the walnuts in the main bowl fitted with the metal blade for 30 seconds. Add thesugar, flour, eggs, salt, rum and butter. Blend for 2 minutes.3. While the machine is still running, add the baking powder via the feed tube. Blendfor a further 10 seconds.4. Pour the mixture into a well-buttered tin.5. Bake for about 30 minutes. To check that the cake is cooked, insert the tip of a knife.It should come out clean.6. Allow to cool in the oven with the door ajar.1. Cut the pineapple into quarters and remove the thick skin.2. Slice the pineapple in the midi bowl fitted with the 4mm slicing disc. Set aside.3. Cut the melon into quarters and remove the thick rind. Slice the quarters lengthways.Set aside.4. Wash and hull the strawberries. Put them with the mint leaves in the bowl with the metalblade.5. Blend the strawberries. While the machine is running, add the icing sugar and freshly-squeezed lemon juice via the feed tube or opening.6. Pour some strawberry coulis onto each plate. Arrange alternate slices of melon andpineapple on top.7. Decorate with a few mint leaves and a whole strawberry in the centre.8. Serve chilled.Walnut cakeMelon and pineapple fanPreparation: 15 min Baking: 30 min Equipment: cake tinPreparation: 15 min108150g shelled walnuts120g caster sugar100g softened butter40g plain flour1 tbsp rum3 eggs1 level tbsp baking powder1 pinch salt300g strawberries1 Victoria pineapple1 firm-fleshed melon3 tbsp icing sugar½ lemonMint leaves1 cakeServes 4E4DESSERTSfeed tube.e feed tube or opening.