Mirabelle Plum Cake Recipes

MIRABELLE PLUM CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 190 ° C. Line a 20 cm springform cake tin with baking paper.
• Wash and stone the mirabelle plums.
• Beat butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Add the eggs one by one. If the mixture starts to curdle, add 1 tablespoon of the flour. When the mixture is creamy, add lemon and mix the remaining flour with the almonds and baking powder and beat under the butter mixture.
• Put 5-10 mirabelle plums aside and fold the remaining mirabelle plums under the batter with a spatula. Cover with the remaining mirabelle plums and sprinkle with sliced almonds.
• Bake on the middle rack for 30-40 minutes.
• The cake is ready when a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Let cool down and enjoy.

PLUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Butter an 8-by-2-inch or a 9-inch cake pan and line bottom with a round of parchment. In a large bowl, whisk together 1 1/2 cups flour, baking soda, and salt.
• Using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugars until light and fluffy. With mixer on low, beat in eggs, one at a time, until incorporated; beat in vanilla and lemon zest. Beat in half the flour mixture, then sour cream. Add remaining flour mixture; mix just until combined.
• Spread batter into pan and smooth top with a knife. In a bowl, toss plums with 2 tablespoons flour and sprinkle over batter.
• Bake until cake is golden, about 30 minutes; loosely tent with foil and bake until cake pulls away from side of pan and a cake tester inserted in center comes out clean, about 35 minutes more. Let cake cool completely in pan. Run knife around cake edge and remove cake from pan. Dust with confectioners' sugar before serving.