A super delicious cake, which is a great way of using plums when in-season. A buttery sponge cake is topped with plums, cinnamon, and sugar, before being baked to perfection. Serve with cream or whipped cream.
Ingredients
- white sugar: 0.75 cup
- unsalted butter, at room temperature: 0.5 cup
- eggs: 2 piece
- all-purpose flour: 1 cup
- baking powder: 1 tsp
- pinch salt: 1 piece
- medium Italian plums, halved and pitted: 12 piece
- ½ tablespoons cinnamon sugar: 1 piece (to taste)
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 10-inch springform pan.
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Combine sugar and butter in a large bowl and beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, and beat well after each addition. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl and sift on top of the butter mixture; mix to combine. Transfer batter into the prepared springform pan and smooth out.
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Set plums inside batter, cut-side up, and sprinkle evenly with cinnamon-sugar.
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Bake in the preheated oven on the lowest rack until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes. Serve warm or cool to room temperature.
