Italian plum cake

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

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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.