Almond and plum cake

Name: Almond and plum cake
Total time: 600 s
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 240 grams almond meal; 1/2 head orange juice squeezed from half an orange; 1 orange zest from whole orange; 150 grams softened butter; 150 grams caster sugar; 3 eggs; 1/4 tsp baking powder; 75 grams all-purpose flour; 3 plums - cut into thin wedged slices; 1 cooking oil spray

ilona @cook_3382606

Beautiful cake. Not too sweet.

ilona @cook_3382606

Beautiful cake. Not too sweet.

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Ingredients

10 mins

8 servings

240 gramsalmond meal
1/2 headorange juice squeezed from half an orange
1orange zest from whole orange
150 gramssoftened butter
150 gramscaster sugar
3eggs
1/4 tspbaking powder
75 gramsall-purpose flour
3plums - cut into thin wedged slices
1cooking oil spray

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Steps

10 mins

1

Preheat the oven to 160°C. Coat a 23cm round springform pan with cooking oli spray
2

Using an electric mixer, beat the butter and 2/3 cup (150g) sugar on medium speed until light and creamy. Gradually beat in the almond meal. Add the eggs one at a time. Mix in the orange juice, orange zest, baking powder and. Reduce the speed to low and mix in the flour until just blended.
3

Transfer the batter to the prepared pan.
4

Gently place the plum wedges on top of the batter. Sprinkle with some caster sugar.
5

Bake for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the centre of the cake comes out with a few moist crumbs. Transfer the cake to a wire rack and allow to cool in the pan for 10 minutes.