Plum Cake
Plum Cake is the perfect summer treat to bring to your next picnic or barbecue. It’s easy to make and full of flavor! Arrange the plums on top of the cake in your favorite pattern to show off your creativity.
Difficulty Level: Easy
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- ¾ cup (1 ½ sticks) softened unsalted butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon Nielsen-Massey Indonesian Pure Vanilla Extract
buy now - 1 ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup milk
- 3 plums, sliced into eighths
- Powdered sugar
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 °F.
In two small bowls, separate the egg whites from yolk. Using a whisk or hand mixer, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form and set aside.
In a medium mixing bowl, or the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together softened butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add Nielsen-Massey Indonesian Pure Vanilla Extract and egg yolks, mix until incorporated.
In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
Working in intervals, alternate between adding flour mixture and milk to the wet ingredients in the bowl of the stand mixer. Start and end with the flour mixture. Mix until combined, then gently fold in the egg whites.
Pour batter into a greased 9-inch cake pan and set aside.
Arrange sliced plums around the top of the cake batter until it is covered.
Bake for one hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out cleanly.
Let cake cool completely for 15-20 minutes in the pan. Unmold and allow to cool completely on a cooling rack. Sprinkle with powdered sugar right before serving.
Notes
Learn how to properly whisk and separate egg whites here.
- 2 eggs
- 170 grams (1 ½ sticks) softened unsalted butter
- 200 grams granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon Nielsen-Massey Indonesian Pure Vanilla Extract
buy now - 220 grams cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 180 ml milk
- 3 plums, sliced into eighths
- Powdered sugar
Directions
Preheat oven to 180 °C.
In two small bowls, separate the egg whites from yolk. Using a whisk or hand mixer, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form and set aside.
In a medium mixing bowl, or the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together softened butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add Nielsen-Massey Indonesian Pure Vanilla Extract and egg yolks, mix until incorporated.
In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
Working in intervals, alternate between adding flour mixture and milk to the wet ingredients in the bowl of the stand mixer. Start and end with the flour mixture. Mix until combined, then gently fold in the egg whites.
Pour batter into a greased 23 x 5 cm cake pan and set aside.
Arrange sliced plums around the top of the cake batter until it is covered.
Bake for one hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out cleanly.
Let cake cool completely for 15-20 minutes in the pan. Unmold and allow to cool completely on a cooling rack. Sprinkle with powdered sugar right before serving.
Notes
Learn how to properly whisk and separate egg whites here.
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20 minprep
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1 hrcook
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8-10servings
This Recipe Uses
Indonesian Pure Vanilla Extract
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