Best Derby Day Plum Cake Recipes

EASY PLUM CAKE

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A super delicious cake, which is a great way of using plums when in-season. A buttery sponge cake is topped with plums, cinnamon, and sugar, before being baked to perfection. Serve with cream or whipped cream.

Provided by sophia

Categories Fruits and Vegetables Fruits Plums

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

¾ cup white sugar
½ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 large eggs
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 pinch salt
12 medium Italian plums, halved and pitted
1 ½ tablespoons cinnamon sugar, or to taste

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 10-inch springform pan.
Combine sugar and butter in a large bowl and beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, and beat well after each addition. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl and sift on top of the butter mixture. Mix to combine. Transfer batter into the prepared springform pan and smooth out.
Set plums inside batter, cut-side up, and sprinkle evenly with cinnamon sugar.
Bake in preheated oven on the lowest rack until a skewer comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes. Serve warm or cool to room temperature.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 303.8 calories, Carbohydrate 44.5 g, Cholesterol 77 mg, Fat 13.2 g, Fiber 1.8 g, Protein 4 g, SaturatedFat 7.7 g, Sodium 99.7 mg, Sugar 28.7 g

DERBY DAY PLUM CAKE

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THIS IS ALWAYS ON MY LIST FOR MY KENTUCKY DERBY PARTY EVERY YEAR. SO MOIST AND GOOD.

Provided by theresa dibert @atlantismoons

Categories Cakes

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

10-12 - medium plums washed an cut in half and pits removed
11 tablespoon(s) butter, melted
3 - eggs
1 teaspoon(s) vanilla
3/4 cup(s) sugar
2 tablespoon(s) sugar ( for sprinkling over the top)
2 cup(s) all purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoon(s) baking powder
1/2 cup(s) milk

Steps:

PRE HEAT OVEN TO 350 DEGREES. GREASE BOTTOM OF 8 INCH CAKE PAN WITH A REMOVABLE BOTTOM, THEN LINE WITH PARCHMENT PAPER. (GREASING HELPS PAPER STICK)
BEAT EGGS IN A MIXING BOWL WITH 3/4 CUP OF SUGAR AND VANILLA UNTILL PALE AND FLUFFY. MIX IN FLOUR AND BAKING POWDER. WHISK IN MELTED BUTTER AND MILK. DON'T OVER MIX.
PUT HAILF THE PLUM SKIN SIDE DOWN IN A NICE RING ON BOTTOM OF PAN, USE AS MANY AS NEEDED TO COVER BOTTOM BUT NOT TO TIGHTLY AS YOU WANT BATTER TO GET BETWEEN THEM AND FORM THE BASE OF THE CAKE.
SCOOP ALL OF THE BATTER OVER TOP OF PLUMS. ARRANGE REST OF PLUMS IN NEAT SLICES OVER TOP OF CAKE. SOME WILL SINK INTO CAKE BUT MOST WILL STAY ON TOP SO ARRANGE PREETY. THE PLUMS WILL SHRINK SO IT IS OK TO USE MORE ON TOP THAN NOT ENOUGH.
SPRINLE THE 2 TBLS. OF SUGAR OVER THE TOP OF CAKE. THIS GIVES IT THAT KINDA CRISP YUMMY TOP QUALITY.
PLACE CAKE ON BAKING SHE AND PLACE IN OVEN. BAKE 1 HOUR OR UNTIL TOP IS A PRETTY GOLEN BROW AND A SKEWER COMES OUT CLEAN. THE PLUMS WILL HAVE CARAMELISED A BIT.
TAKE OUT OF OVEN AND ALLOW TO COOL A FEW MINUTES BEFORE YOU REMOVE IT. BE CAREFUL OF ANY SYRUPY LIQUID THAT MAY HAVE FORMED. SERVE WITH WHIPPED CREAM OR ICE CREAM.