Vanilla Plum Cake Recipes

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.

VIENNESE PLUM CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and 1/2 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture and mix well., Transfer to a greased 9-in. square baking dish. Top with plums. Combine cinnamon and remaining sugar; sprinkle over plums., For topping, in a small bowl, combine flour and sugar; cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in walnuts if desired. Sprinkle over top., Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until topping is golden brown and plums are tender. Cool on a wire rack.

VANILLA PLUM CAKE

Steps:

• pre-heat oven to 160 degrees Celcius.
• grease and line an oven roasting dish (or muffin tins).
• cream butter and sugar.
• add eggs one at a time.
• mix in zest and vanilla.
• gently stir in buttermilk/yoghurt and flour.
• DON'T OVER MIX.
• spoon into prepared dish and spread out.
• arrange fruit over the cake batter, cut side up (the fruit will sink a little but this is fine).
• if you are making muffins just put 1 or 2 pieces of fruit on top.
• bake 50 - 60 minutes (or 25 minutes for muffins).

VANILLA DAMSON/PLUM CAKE

Steps:

• Combine eggs, sugars and salt in a big bowl. With your electric mixer cream this for 8 minutes. Do not skip this step, it is important to cream for at least 8 minutes!
• Stir in oil, pudding and vanilla extract.
• In a second bowl combine flour, starch and baking powder. Fold into the wet ingredients.
• Pour dough into a greased 10 inch spring-form pan. This will look a little skimpy, but the dough will double during baking.
• Arrange the quartered damsons on top of the dough in concentric circles. Sprinkle with the crushed cookies.
• Bake in the pre-heated oven at 160°C/320°F on the second lowest rack for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
• Serve with whipped cream or ice-cream. :).

PLUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Generously butter the bottom and sides of a 9 1/2-inch deep-dish pie pan. Use a fork to beat the egg with 1/4 cup water in a small bowl until combined.
• Put the flour and sugar in the bowl of a food processor and pulse until the mixture is uniform. Drop in the butter cubes, toss with a fork to coat in the flour mixture and pulse until the mixture is crumbly and moist, about 8 long pulses. Add half of the egg mixture and process about 15 seconds. Add the remaining egg mixture and process an additional 15 seconds. The batter should be homogenous but not too thick. (Don't worry if it curdles a bit because of the brown sugar. It won't affect the batter.)
• Spread the batter in the prepared pan. Very lightly press the plums into the batter. Bake until the plums are tender and a cake tester or toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Cool slightly and serve with whipped cream or ice cream if desired.