Quick And Simple Plum Cake Food

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.

PLUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9-inch tube pan.
• Separate the eggs. In a small bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form, and set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Beat in the egg yolks and the lemon zest.
• Stir together the flour and baking powder and then blend the flour mixture into the creamed mixture. Gently fold in the egg whites. Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan. There will only be a little over an inch of batter. Arrange the plums, skin side down, attractively over the batter.
• Bake in preheated oven until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Transfer to a cooling rack and allow to cool before serving.

PLUM CRUNCH CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 160°C.
• Butter and line the base of a 2 lb loaf tin.
• Lightly beat the eggs and yolk with a pinch of salt.
• Beat the butter and sugar in a bowl until light and fluffy.
• Pour in the eggs a little at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Fold in the flour with the orange zest and two tablespoons of the juice.
• Fold in the chopped plums (or other fruit you are using).
• Spoon into the prepared pan.
• Scatter the plum wedges over the top.
• Bake for 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
• Cool for 10 minutes, then turn out on a wire rack.
• Mix the remaining orange juice with the lemon juice and caster sugar.
• Spoon over the cooling cake and sprinkle with the crushed sugar pieces.

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.

FRESH PLUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350/180/Gas 4 and grease a round 9 inch/24cm pan.
• Toss chopped plums (or other fruit) with 1 tablespoon flour.
• In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt and set aside.
• In a large bowl, beat cream cheese to soften then beat in brown sugar.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating throughly after each addition.
• Add half the flour mix to the cheese mix and fold then add the yogurt and stir to combine.
• Add the rest of the flour mix and beat until smooth.
• Fold in the floured plums.
• Spread batter into prepared pan and bake for around 30 minutes.

PRETTY PLUM CAKE

Steps:

• Topping:.
• Stir together sugar,flour,cinnamon.
• With pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture is crumbly.
• Set aside.
• Cake:
• Using electric mixer, beat sugar and butter until fluffy.
• Beat in eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Add vanilla.
• In separate bowl, sift flour, baking powder, salt.
• Add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with milk.
• Pour into lightly buttered 9" springform pan.
• Arrange plums cut side up on top of batter; sprinkle with topping.
• Bake in 350 F oven about 1 hour; test for doneness.
• Cool in pan on rack, 10 minutes.
• Glaze:.
• Stir together icing sugar, milk, and almond extract until smooth.
• Drizzle glaze over warm cake.
• Run a knife around edge of pan, release sides of pan.

OLD FASHIONED PLUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*. Thoroughly grease and flour a 9" springform pan. Sift flour with baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside. Beat butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla with electric mixer on high until light and fluffy (about 5 minutes).
• Reduce mixer speed to low. Alternately add about one-fourth of the flour mixture and one-third of the sour cream, beginning and ending with flour and beating thoroughly after each addition. After all has been added, scrape down sides of bowl and beat 1 minute longer.
• Pour batter into prepared springform pan; spread evenly with rubber spatula. Put pan on center rack in oven and bake for about 50 minutes until cake is golden brown and a cake tester inserted in center of cake comes out clean.
• Meanwhile, make Crumb Topping: Put sugar, flour, butter and cinnamon ina small bowl. Toss lightly with a pastry blender or two forks until mixture is crumbly and the butter is in fine pieces. Set aside.
• Wash plums; dry well. Cut fresh plums in half, remove pits and discard. If using canned plums, drain thoroughly, cut in half and remove pits. Remove cake from oven and sprinkle with crumb topping. Arrange plums on top and bake 10 minutes longer.
• Remove cake from oven and place on wire cake rack to cool for 10 minutes. Loosen cake from sides of pan, using a small knife or long metal spatula. Remove pan sides and brush plums with melted jam. Serve warm.

FRESH PLUM CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugars together in a mixing bowl.
• Add applesauce and vanilla, beating until fluffy.
• In a separate bowl, combine dry ingredients and add to sugar mixture alternately with milk.
• Stir in plums and walnuts, if desired.
• Spread into a greased 13 x 9 baking pan or a loaf pan and bake at 350 F or 160 C for about 35 minutes (a loaf pan may require slightly longer) or until a toothpick inserted near the centre comes out clean.
• Serve as is, or with a dollop of whipped cream on top.