Baked Plum Sponge Recipes

SPICY OVEN-ROASTED PLUMS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a shallow baking dish with cooking spray.
• Place the plums, cut-side up, in a single layer in the baking dish.
• Whisk together the orange juice, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, cumin, and cardamom in a bowl; drizzle over the plums.
• Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until plums are hot and the sauce is bubbly. Top with toasted almonds, if desired (see Cook's Note).

PLUM SPONGE PUDDING

Steps:

• Pre heat oven 180 C.
• Lightly grease 6 cup ovenproof dish.
• Place flour, custard powder, sugar,butter,milk,eggs and vanilla into food processor.
• Process till mixture is creamy.
• Place drained plums in base of dish.
• Pour batter over fruit.
• Bake 50 minutes until skewer comes out clean.
• Serve warm with cream or ice cream.

BAKED PLUM SPONGE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180C.
• Cream the butter and sugar together until pale and creamy. Gradually add the eggs, beating well between additions.
• Mix in the extract and then fold in the flour. Scrape the batter into a 24cm baking dish that has been slightly greased and scatter the plums on top.
• Bake for about 40 minutes until golden and springy to the touch. Sprinkle with sugar
• Serve with custard or cream

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.

BAKED PLUM PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Butter a 2-qt. baking dish, then dust with granulated sugar. Arrange plums in dish.
• Pulse eggs and remaining 3/4 cup granulated sugar in a food processor to combine. With the motor running, stream in half-and-half, anise liqueur, if using, and vanilla. Add flour and salt and pulse to combine. Let custard sit 10 minutes, then pour over plums.
• Bake pudding 15 minutes, then reduce oven temperature to 350°F and continue to bake until custard is golden and set, 20-25 minutes longer. Let cool slightly, then dust with powdered sugar.

UPSIDE-DOWN PLUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180oC.
• Put half of the butter, half of the caster sugar and 1 tablespoon of honey in a heavy-based saucepan over low heat and stir until it makes a smooth sauce.
• Pour mixture into a (23 round) cake tin.
• Arrange plum halves (cut side down) closely fitting in the sauce mixture.
• Beat the remaining butter with the remaining caster sugar until pale and creamy in consistency.
• Add eggs one at a time and whisk in the vanilla sugar/powder.
• Add flour and milk alternatively to mixture.
• Spoon over plum halves.
• Bake for 1 hour or until cake mixture is cooked through (test with a skewer).
• Rest on a rack and let cool in tin for 30 minute.
• Place serving plate on top of tin and invert cake. Leave for 5 min and slowly remove tin.