Recipe for Fresh Plum Cake
Sent in by: Joy Davis
Ingredients
- 225g (8oz) self-raising flour
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 100g (3.5oz) baking margarine
- 50g (2oz) sultanas
- 50g (2oz) soft brown sugar plus 2 tblsp for sprinkling
- 2 large eggs
- 4 tblsp golden syrup
- 225g (8oz) plums, stoned and chopped
Method
- Preheat oven to 160C/325F/Gas 3.
- Grease and line an 8 inch square baking tin.
- Rub the flour, half the cinnamon and the margarine together.
- Add the sultanas and 50g (2oz) brown sugar and stir.
- Beat eggs and syrup together in a separate bowl, add plums, then stir into flour mixture.
- Transfer to tin and level surface.
- Mix rest of brown sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over top of cake mixture.
- Cook in centre of oven for 45-50 mins and then test. It should be risen and just firm to the touch when cooked.
- Cut into squares to eat.
Notes:
This is best eaten warm with ice cream though you can eat it cold, but why wait? Works just as well with apples and rhubarb, though plums work best I've found
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Comments on Recipe for Fresh Plum Cake »
eleanor southall @ 4:19 pm
can you f1reeze the plum cake?
thank you
Val @ 2:45 pm
I've not tried freezing a cake but I don't think it would work very well.
wendy wakefield @ 11:45 am
I am just about to make this cake and wont think twice about freezing it. I have frozen all sorts of cakes in the past and I think this will freeze fine.
Janet Royle @ 11:59 am
Hello Wendy,
Would be interested to discover how the frozen cake survived, I've frozen all sorts of cakes and would think this OK.
Jan
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ray @ 5:03 pm
great site have lots of plumbs forjam and now hope to bake myself a cake cheers
kathryn @ 10:57 am
plum cake was gorgeous
Susieq101 @ 9:30 am
Lovely recipe for plum cake. I have a glut of greengages at the allotment and have made lots of jam. Do you have a recipe for 'bottled' fruit, preferably incorporating alcohol? I think it would make a good Xmas present.
Julia @ 9:05 am
Don't make this cake unless you have a great deal of will power. Im about to make my third in a week! A great cake to share with friends over a cup of tea. Its seriously scrummy.
Bobbie-Lee @ 3:44 pm
This cake is really good, and very easy to make! I tried it with rhubarb, and it was ok, but i found plums taste better than rhubarb. Overall, it's a yummy cake, and will definatly sell quickly at bake sales!
Bobbie-Leey! @ 3:48 pm
It's a fab cake, and is SOOOOOO scrummy! It's totally easy to make, and it's a good excuse to eat cake!!!
Bobbie-Leee! @ 3:49 pm
YUM
Amanda @ 8:26 pm
Great recipe and great tasting cake. I visit your web site all the time for recipes. Thank you.
Theresa @ 7:13 pm
This cake has been such a hit, it is the star recipe of the season within our community shop!
Sam @ 12:25 am
Hi, do I leave the skin on the plums?
Val @ 12:45 am
Yes.
elly @ 5:08 pm
soft fruit tend to go soggy and pulpy when frozen , I usually put a piece of cake in the freezer for a week, try it, then make a decision
mariell @ 1:30 pm
what a wonderful recipe
I have just paid 2 nice big tins of cake and am happily munching on it now with some cream
Hubby loves it and hes not keen on plums i will definately be making this again
thank you for this wonferful recipe