As an interested reader of this blog you may already have found out that I prefer cooking delicious yet relatively quick and easy recipes. Therefore, I would like to share my recipe for plum cake today.
It does not for for plums only but for many other fruit. So, you could easily turn it into a cherry cake for example.
For the dough you need:
- 175g of flour
- 100g sweet butter
- 100g brown sugar
- about 4tbsp of milk (full or fat reduced, anything you feel comfy with)
- 1 egg
- 1 pinch of salt
- 4g backing powder
- optional: cinnamon, vanilla
- fruit of your choice as topping
I estimate you’ll need about 10 to 15 minutes for the cake to be ready for the oven.
Pour the flour into a large bowl. Cut your butter into little cubes and incorporate it in the flour. When the butter does not come out of the fridge directly it gets a lot easier do to this.
Now add the sugar. Keep a small amount of about 20g to put it on the plums before your cake goes into the oven? It’ll make them sweet and gives a nice shine!
Mix the egg with the milk and also pour it into the bowl. Add the salt and mix all thoroughly again.
You should come up with a creamy and even dough.
It is now ready for the baking pan, so spread it evenly. Then comes the topping. As I used plum I arranged them scale-like but you can give the topping any look as long as it looks nice 
We are almost ready, just pour the left sugar and flavor with some cinnamon or vanilla if you prefer.
Baking time: 180°C for about 25-30 minutes
Alternatives: Turn it into an espresso cake by replacing the milk with strong black coffee / espresso or make a walnut / hazelnut cake by adding 100g of slightly roasted nuts to your dough!
Really a varying recipe and dead simple but yummy. So, enjoy baking this cake and post me pictures or comments what you did!
