Pip's Plum Cake
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Recipe type: Cake
Cuisine: Australian
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Serves: 8
 
Pip's Plum Cake - quick, easy and inexpensive to make.
Ingredients
  • 200gms (70oz) softened butter
  • 1 cup castor sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 4 eggs
  • 1½ cups SR flour
  • 1 cup almond meal
  • 2 tbspns milk
  • 6 plums (approx) washed, halved and pitted
  • Icing sugar to decorate
  • Clotted cream to serve
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 180C (375F).
  2. Grease and line a 26cm (10 inch) springform pan.
  3. Combine butter, sugar and vanilla extract in a large mixing bowl and beat until butter is as white as possible.
  4. Add eggs one at a time beating well after each addition.
  5. Use a metal spoon to stir in the flour.
  6. Stir in the almond meal and milk and continue to stir until you have a smooth batter.
  7. Pour into prepared tin. Place plums, cut side up, on top of the batter (they will sink during the cooking).
  8. Place in the oven for 50-60 minutes or until cake doesn't wobble when shaken in the centre.
  9. Remove from oven and allow to cool. Place on a cake board, dust with icing sugar and serve with clotted cream.
Recipe by Hotly Spiced at https://hotlyspiced.com/pips-plum-cake/