Plum Cake
A fresh plum cake recipe featuring a buttery dough and sweet spiced topping. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 3 kg plums
- 42 g yeast
- 200 ml lukewarm milk
- 500 g flour
- 120 g sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 yolk
- 10 g salt
- 10 ml rum
- 70 g softened butter
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 50 g sponge crumbs
Instructions
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1.
Cut the plums crosswise on top and bottom, then slice along the scar and remove the pit. Dissolve the yeast in the milk for the dough. Sift the flour and mix with the milk‑yeast mixture, 70g sugar, egg, yolk, salt, rum, and softened butter to form a dough. Shape the finished dough into a round, dust with flour, and let rise at a warm place until it doubles in volume.
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2.
Preheat oven to 220 °C. Knead the dough again and allow it to rise for another 10 minutes. Roll out the dough evenly to sheet size and lay it on a parchment‑lined baking tray. Prick several times with a fork. Sprinkle sponge crumbs over the base. Arrange the plums, cut side up, in a tiled pattern on the dough. Mix the remaining sugar with cinnamon and scatter over the fruit. Let the dough rise until it has risen three‑quarters of its volume, then bake for about 35 minutes on the lowest rack.
