Plum Coffee Cake

Paul Lynch
Cakes

200C oven 8" spring form

  • 175g flour
  • 30g ground almonds
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt

whisk together;

  • 120ml oil
  • 120ml yoghurt
  • 60ml orange juice
  • 1 tbs orange zest
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 200g sugar

mix separately.

Then mix wet and dry, mix as for muffin (to just combined, some lumps ok). Put batter in the pan.

Arrange 4-8 halved plums (depending on size) on top of batter, flesh up. Can substitute various fresh fruit as desired - berries, cherries, etc.

Sprinkle over 30g coarse brown sugar (demerara or turbinado)

Bake 35-45 minutes.

Batter was quite heavy, and underbaked - could try 9" tin, and/or longer bake time.

From http://www.joyofbaking.com/PlumCoffeeCake.html

See also: http://www.jimcarson.com/2005/sour-cream-coffee-cake/ http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2010/06/the-best-coffee-cake-ever/ http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/02/big-crumb-coffee-cake/