Late summer · HarvestGuide.ca
Plum Almond Cake (One-Bowl Summer Bake)
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter, softened
- ¾ cup sugar, plus 1 tbsp for the top
- 2 eggs
- ½ tsp almond extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup ground almonds
- 1½ tsp baking powder + ¼ tsp salt
- 3 tbsp milk
- 8–10 plums (prune plums halved, or larger plums quartered)
- 2 tbsp sliced almonds
Instructions
- Heat oven to 175 °C. Butter and line a 23 cm round or springform pan.
- Cream butter and sugar until light. Beat in eggs one at a time, then the almond extract.
- Fold in the flour, ground almonds, baking powder, and salt with the milk, mixing just to combine.
- Spread the batter in the pan. Press the plums cut-side up over the top, close together.
- Sprinkle with the 1 tbsp sugar and the sliced almonds.
- Bake 45 minutes until golden and set in the centre. Cool 15 minutes; serve slightly warm.
From HarvestGuide.ca — https://harvestguide.ca/recipes/plum-almond-cake-canada/
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