Italian plum cake

Name: Italian plum cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: en
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter, room temperature; 1/2 cup granulated sugar; 1 egg; 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon baking powder; 1/4 cup milk; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; pinch of salt; 10 - 12 Italian plums; Topping; 1/4 cup butter; 1 cup granulated sugar; zest of 1 lemon; 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

Dessert

4 servings

15 min

60 min

Very Easy

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It's an easy little dessert, slightly different from most plum cakes.

Ingredients

Number of serving: 4

1/2 cup butter, room temperature

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1 egg

1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 cup milk

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

pinch of salt

10 - 12 Italian plums

Topping

1/4 cup butter

1 cup granulated sugar

zest of 1 lemon

1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter 2 quart baking dish (9-inch x 9-inch glass baking dish works well here.)
Cream 1/2 cup butter and 1/2 cup sugar. Add in egg; mix well. Add flour, baking powder, milk, vanilla, and salt. Put batter into prepared baking dish, spreading evenly into dish.
Wash and quarter plums, lengthwise, discarding stems and seeds. Stand quartered plums in cake.
Mix the topping ingredients. Strew around top of cake, over and between plums. Bake 1 hour.