Summer Plum Cake
July 26, 2017
: 10-12
: Medium
Ingredients
- For the Cake
- - 2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
- - 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- - 3/4 teaspoon salt
- - 3/4 cup sugar
- - 4 ounces (1/2 cup or 1 stick) room-temperature butter
- - 3/4 cup milk
- - 2 large room-temperature eggs
- - 40 fresh any variety plums, pitted and halved
- For the Streusel Topping
- - 1/4 cup sugar
- - 1/4 teaspoon cloves
- - 3 tablespoons cold butter, cut into pieces
Directions
- Step 1 Make the Cake
- Step 2 - Lightly coat a 13×9-inch pan with cooking spray and heat oven to 350 F.
- Step 3 - In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and 3/4 cup sugar. Add 4 ounces room-temperature butter, milk, and eggs. Beat at medium speed 4 minutes.
- Step 4 - Pour batter into prepared pan. Place plums on top, cut side up, pushing down slightly into batter.
- Step 5 Make the Streusel Topping
- Step 6 - Cut remaining 1/4 cup sugar and cloves into 3 tablespoons cold butter until crumbs form. Sprinkle over plums.
- Step 7 - Bake about 40 minutes or until a toothpick tests clean.
- Step 8 - Let the cake cool in the pan so the plum juices will be reabsorbed to create a moist cake.
- Step 9 - Sprinkle with confectioners’ sugar, if desired, and cut into 12 squares.
