It’s time for plums
Plum Upside Down Cake
Last year at this time I was overwhelmed with plums from my friends tree and this year is no different. I made and blogged about Plum Liqueur last time and it was fantastic. I am making it again this year, not only to thank the plum trees owner, but to celebrate how amazing a sipping liqueur it makes. Check out my recipe here.
This year I wanted to write about plums again but feature a different recipe. Today I made Plum Upside Down Cake. It’s tart, sweet and heavenly with fresh whipped cream.
Now, you can cheat and use a yellow box cake mix but, it is so easy to do the entire thing from scratch, it’d be a shame.
Here’s the recipe. Love it, love it! (Oh and by the way, if you don’t have plums, this is a standard recipe for upside down cake so, you can switch the fruit to whatever you have!)
Recipe: Plum Upside Down Cake
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups of flour
- 2 tsp. of baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- 3 tbsp. of butter
- 1/4 cup of brown sugar
- 1/3 cup of butter, softened
- 1 cup of sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp. of vanilla
- 3/4 cup milk
- 4 large plums, pitted and sliced (enough to fill the bottom of the pan)
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 inch round cake pan well and combine the flour, baking powder and salt in a small bowl. Set aside. In the prepared pan, combine the 3 tbsp. of butter and brown sugar. Place the pan inside the preheated oven until the mixture melts and begins to bubble. (approx. 5 minutes) Remove the pan from the oven and set aside. In a large bowl, cream together the 1/3 cup of butter and 1 cup of sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg and then add the vanilla. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk and mix until just incorporated. Arrange the sliced plums around the bottom of the prepared pan. Pour the cake batter over, covering the plums. Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool 15 minutes and then invert onto a serving platter. Serve with fresh whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
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