A super delicious plum cake, which is a great way of using plums when in-season. A buttery sponge plum cake is topped with plums, cinnamon, and sugar, before being baked to perfection. Serve with cream or whipped cream.
Prep:15 mins
Cook:45 mins
Total:1 hr
Servings:8
Ingredients
- ¾ cup white sugar
- ½ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 pinch salt
- 12 medium Italian plums, halved and pitted
- 1 ½ tablespoons cinnamon sugar, or to taste
Directions
Step 1 : Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 10-inch springform pan.
Step 2 : Combine sugar and butter in a large bowl and beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, and beat well after each addition. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl and sift on top of the butter mixture. Mix to combine. Transfer batter into the prepared springform pan and smooth out.
Step 3 : Set plums inside batter, cut-side up, and sprinkle evenly with cinnamon sugar.
Step 4 : Bake in preheated oven on the lowest rack until a skewer comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes.
Serve warm or cool to room temperature.
Plum cake refers to a wide range of cakes usually made with dried fruits such as currants, raisins, sultanas, or prunes, and also sometimes with fresh fruits. There is a wide range of popular plum cakes and puddings. Since the meaning of the word “plum” has changed over time, many items referred to as plum cakes and popular in England since at least the eighteenth century have now become known as fruitcake. Plum cakes made with fresh plums came with other migrants elsewhere, in which plum cake is prepared using plum as a primary ingredient.
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