Plum cake recipe

Learn how to make this mouth-watering plum cake recipe in only a few simple steps. Is the perfect way for using up leftover fruit in your fruit bowl.

This fabulous plum cake recipe is a great way to use up seasonal fruit and is one of our all time favourite cake recipes. The crumble topping is delicious and if you like them, adding a few flaked almonds to the topping really finishes this plum cake off nicely. This plum cake could also be served hot with cream or custard as a plum pudding. Not too keen on plums but fancy a fruity cake? You can also try this recipe with apricots or raspberries too. Delicious!

Ingredients

• 300g self-raising flour
• 150g butter
• 100g caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 100ml milk
• ½tsp almond extract
• 8 plums

For the topping:

• 50g butter
• 50g caster sugar
• 65g plain flour

Method

1. Lightly butter and line the base of a 20cm spring form cake tin . Heat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4.
2. Place the flour in a mixing bowl and rub in the butter until the mixture forms fine crumbs. Stir in the sugar. Add the milk, egg and almond extract and beat to a stiff batter. Place the mixture into the prepared tin.
3. Thickly slice the plums discarding the stones and pace on top.
4. For the topping: place the butter, sugar and flour in a mixing bowl and rub the butter into the flour until it forms clumpy crumbs. Scatter on top of the plums and bake for 45-55 mins until golden brown and a skewer comes out cleanly. Allow to cool in the tin for 10 mins. Then turn out and allow to cool completely. Serve dusted with icing sugar if liked.