30 Minute Skillet Plum Cake Food

PLUM SKILLET CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Butter an 8-inch cast iron or oven-proof skillet. Dust with flour, tapping out any excess.
• Whisk together 1 cup flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda in a medium bowl.
• Combine 4 tablespoons butter and 3/4 cup sugar in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until pale and fluffy. Beat in egg. Add flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with buttermilk, beating batter briefly after each addition. Pour batter into the prepared skillet and smooth the top with an offset spatula. Fan plum slices on top of batter, and sprinkle with remaining 2 tablespoons sugar.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Let cool slightly before serving.

PLUM SKILLET CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Butter an 8-inch ovenproof skillet(preferably cast-iron); dust with flour, tapping out excess.Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and1/2 teaspoon salt. Beat butter and 3/4 cup sugar with a mixeron medium speed until pale and fluffy. Beat in egg. Addflour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with buttermilk.
• Pour batter into prepared skillet, and smooth topwith an offset spatula. Fan plums on top, and sprinkle withremaining 2 tablespoons sugar. Bake until goldenbrown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes outclean, 35 to 40 minutes. Let cool slightly.

QUICK AND SIMPLE PLUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 10-inch springform pan.
• Sprinkle prepared plums with lemon juice in a bowl.
• Combine flour, butter, sugar, eggs, sour cream, baking powder, salt, and lemon zest in the bowl of a food processor; pulse until blended. Process on low speed until smooth. Pour batter into the prepared springform pan.
• Arrange plums, cut-side down, on the batter. They can touch or even overlap; the more plums you can fit, the better the cake. Dust with cinnamon.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 15 to 20 minutes before serving. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Invert carefully onto a serving plate. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

30-MINUTE SKILLET PLUM CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Whisk flour, brown sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl; set aside.
• Heat butter in a 10-inch round cast iron skillet over medium heat. Cook, swirling pan occasionally, until beginning to foam. Remove skillet from heat when foam settles and butter smells nutty, 5 to 7 minutes. Immediately remove from heat and transfer to medium bowl. Stir in orange zest. Whisk in milk, eggs, and almond extract.
• Whisk brown butter/milk mixture into dry ingredients, stirring only until batter is smooth.
• Grease skillet with remaining 1 tablespoon butter, then scrape batter into skillet. Top with sliced plums, skin side up, pressing gently into batter. Sprinkle with granulated sugar and bake until cake tester inserted in center of cake comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Transfer skillet to cooling rack and cool cake about 15 minutes; serve warm. Cake may be served at room temperature.

EASY PLUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 10-inch springform pan.
• 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.
• Set plums inside batter, cut-side up, and sprinkle evenly with cinnamon sugar.
• 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.

MARTHA'S PLUM SKILLET CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a 12-inch enameled cast-iron skillet or ovenproof baking dish, melt butter in the oven, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Remove skillet from oven and add melted butter to flour mixture; stir to combine. Add milk and vanilla extract; mix until well combined. Pour mixture into skillet and arrange plums evenly on top, leaving a 1-inch border.
• Transfer skillet to oven and bake until top is golden brown and a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Let cool slightly on a wire rack. Serve hot, warm, or at room temperature with whipped cream, creme fraiche, or ice cream.

RUSTIC PLUM CAKE

Steps:

• Cook jam and brandy in 10-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat until reduced to thick syrup, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove skillet from heat and place plums cut-side down in syrup. Return skillet to medium heat and cook until plums shed their juices and thick syrup is again formed, about 5 minutes, shaking pan to prevent plums from sticking. Cool plums in pan, about 20 minutes.
• Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 350°F Grease and flour 9-inch springform pan. Process sugar and almonds in food processor until nuts are finely ground, about 1 minute. Add flour, baking powder, and salt; pulse to combine. Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles coarse sand, about ten 1-second pulses. Add eggs, vanilla, and almond extract (if using) and process until smooth, about 5 seconds, scraping bowl once if needed (batter will be very thick and heavy).
• Transfer batter to prepared pan; using spatula, spread batter evenly to pan edges and smooth surface. Stir plums to coat with syrup. Arrange plum halves, skin-side down, evenly over surface of batter. Bake until cake is golden brown and wooden skewer inserted into center comes out with few crumbs attached, 40 to 50 minutes. Run paring knife around sides of cake to loosen. Cool in pan on wire rack until just warm or to room temperature, at least 30 minutes. Remove cake from pan and dust with confectioners' sugar. Cut into wedges and serve.
• Note:This recipe works best with Italian plums, which are also called prune plums. If substituting regular red or black plums, use an equal weight of plums, cut them into eighths, and stir them a few times while cooking. Arrange slices, slightly overlapped, in two rings over surface of cake. Do not use canned Italian plums. Blanched whole almonds can be used but must be processed 30 seconds longer until finely ground. The brandy can be omitted, but then you will need to melt the jam with 1 tablespoon water before adding the plums. Don't add the leftover plum cooking liquid to the cake before baking; reserve it and serve with the finished cake or over ice cream. The cake can be served with lightly sweetened whipped cream.