Plum Buckle
Print recipe | Serves | 8 |
| Website | Epicurious |
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup whole almonds
- 1 1/2 Cups all purpose flour
- 1 Teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 Teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 Cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 Teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 Teaspoon almond extract
- 10-12 plums (halved and pitted)
- 1 Teaspoon cinnamon
- 3 Tablespoons sugar
Directions
| Step 1 | |
| Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. | |
| Step 2 | |
| Butter spring form pan (any size, smaller for thicker cake, larger for thinner) dust with flour. Add parchment paper or wax paper to the bottom of the pan. | |
| Step 3 | |
| Grind almonds in food processor until coarse meal. Add to flour, baking powder and salt. | |
| Step 4 | |
| In mixer, beat butter and sugar until smooth. Add eggs, blend further. Add vanilla and almond extract. | |
| Step 5 | |
| Add flour mixture slowly to batter. | |
| Step 6 | |
| Batter will be stiff. Transfer to cake pan and smooth out with spatula. | |
| Step 7 | |
| Top cake with plum halves placed side by side. | |
| Step 8 | |
| Mix cinnamon and 3 Teaspoons of sugar and spoon over plums. | |
| Step 9 | |
| Bake for 50-60 minutes, or until toothpick is inserted and comes out clean. | |
| Step 10 | |
| Cool for 30 minutes before eating. | |
