Plum Cake

Name: Plum Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 3 eggs 3 eggs; ½ cup butter, softened ½ cup butter, softened; ½ cup white sugar ½ cup white sugar; 1 teaspoon lemon zest 1 teaspoon lemon zest; 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 cup all-purpose flour; ½ teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon baking powder; 1 ¼ cups plums, pitted and quartered 1 ¼ cups plums, pitted and quartered

Prep: 20 minsCook: 40 mins

Prep

20 mins

Cook

40 mins

Servings

Difficulty

Medium

Vegetarian

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Ingredients

Servings:

33 eggs
½ cup butter, softened½ cup butter, softened
½ cup white sugar½ cup white sugar
11 teaspoon lemon zest
11 cup all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking powder½ teaspoon baking powder
11 ¼ cups plums, pitted and quartered

Instructions

1
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9-inch tube pan.
2
Separate the eggs. In a small bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form, and set aside.
3
In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Beat in the egg yolks and the lemon zest.
4
Stir together the flour and baking powder and then blend the flour mixture into the creamed mixture. Gently fold in the egg whites. Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan. There will only be a little over an inch of batter. Arrange the plums, skin side down, attractively over the batter.
5
Bake in preheated oven until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Transfer to a cooling rack and allow to cool before serving.

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