About the bake
This classic plum cake is delicious using both dark rich coloured plums or light yellow plums. An autumn delight to be baked when the fruits are at their best. Serve warm as a pudding or enjoy cold served with coffee.
Method
Step 1:
Preheat the oven to 190°C (170°C fan, gas mark 5). Grease and line a baking tin approx 11 x 7 inch. Whisk the sugar and melted butter together until light.
Step 2:
Add the almond extract and gradually beat in the egg yolks, one at a time.
Step 3:
Whisk the egg whites until stiff and gradually fold into the mixture, alternately with the flour.
Step 4:
Spoon into the prepared tin and level the surface.
Step 5:
Arrange the plum halves on top, skin side down.
Step 6:
Bake for about 35-45 minutes until risen and golden.
Step 7:
Remove from the oven and sift over a layer of icing sugar. Allow to cool in the tin.
Step 8:
Serve warm as a pudding with whipped cream or ice cream.
Ingredients
- 175g Butter (unsalted) (melted)
- 175g Billington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar
- 1 tsp Almond extract
- 3 Egg(s) (free range) (separated)
- 175g Self-raising white flour
- 350g Plum(s) (firm, stoned and halved)
- Unrefined golden icing sugar (to finish)
Recipe Reviews
Can you freeze this?
Yes like most sponge cakes this can be frozen, we would recommend wrapping in tin foil and warming in the oven before eating.
Swapped the plums for pears, halved cored and fanned out, placed skin sidde up, so good warm with ice cream.
What if you don't have almond can I use mixed spice
Hello,
Almond extract can be purchased from most supermarkets. You could also try Vanilla extract that would work well too,
Happy Baking!
Very easy to prep & delicious cake with juicy jammy plums eaten with vanilla ice cream. Yummy.
Ingredients
- 175g Butter (unsalted) (melted)
- 175g Billington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar
- 1 tsp Almond extract
- 3 Egg(s) (free range) (separated)
- 175g Self-raising white flour
- 350g Plum(s) (firm, stoned and halved)
- Unrefined golden icing sugar (to finish)