Dimply Plum Cake
From michellem 15 years ago
- 40 minutes to make
- Serves 68
This is from Dorie Greenspans cook book From my home to yours. I made this yesterday and was very pleased with the way it turned out. Plums are everywhere so you shouldn't have any problems gathering them to make this cake. Read more It's perfect anytime of day and especially good in the morning with a hot drink! See less
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour shopping list
- 2 tsp baking powder shopping list
- 1/4 tsp salt shopping list
- Scant 1/4 tsp ground cardamom(optional) shopping list
- 5 tbsp unsalted butter, at room temperature shopping list
- 3/4 cup (packed ) brown sugar shopping list
- 2 large eggs shopping list
- 1/4 cup flavorless oil , such as canola or safflower shopping list
- Grated zest of 1 orange shopping list
- 1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract shopping list
- 8 purple red plums(in the fall ,use Italian prune plums), halved and pitted shopping list
How to make it
- Whisk the flour, baking powder, salt and cardamom, if you're using it, together.
- Beat the butter on med. speed for 3 minutes.
- Add the sugar and beat another 2 minutes.
- Add the eggs one at a time, beating well.
- Beat in the oil ,orange zest and vanilla.
- The batter will look very light and smooth.
- Add the dry ingredients, mixing only until they are incorporated.
- Scrape the batter into a greased and floured 8-inch pan and smooth the top. Arrange the plums cut side up in the batter.
- Bake for about 40 min. Transfer the cake to a rack and cool 15 min.-during which time theplums juice will return to the fruit.
Yum!
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cake with tea
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Great with whipped cream
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Nice plums
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Before baked
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This sounds fabulous, what a great idea with the plums!!! I love this one! ~Laura ;D
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Sounds really wonderful and easy!
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great recipe love plums thanks bunches
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