Plum Cake Recipe | An EASY Italian Plum Cake!


	Plum Cake Recipe Easy. Quick. And kids eat it! This Italian plum cake recipe does call for Italian plums. BUT any plum will do! It's a great conscience reliever if you have a pile of fruit that is sitting on the counter close to rotting. If you are like me you buy pounds of plums with the intention of eating them raw. One week later the plums are still sitting there. And if this wasn't what you were looking for but still want to cook with plums see my Plum Tart Recipe. And too if this isn't the type of cake you were looking for - check out the list of Italian cakes below. There are a couple of FAQ's listed below. Thanks for taking time to stop by. Desserts are my favorites. Italian dessert recipes are my first and foremost favorite! I hope you try a recipe or two. And check back often I update my pages every few days. Lisa Italian Plum Cake Recipe Yield: One 10-inch cake Ingredients * 1 cup unblanched almonds (see below) * 1/2 cup sugar for the batter * 1/4 cup sugar for the topping * 1/3 cup flour * 1/8 teaspoon salt * 2 large eggs * 1/2 cup milk * 4 tablespoons butter * 2 pounds (really 2 pounds!) Italian plums Plum Cake Recipe Procedure * Preheat the oven to 350ºF (177 C.) * Butter a 10-inch springform pan. * Put the almonds and 1/2 cup of sugar in a blender (or food processor) * Pulse until the almonds are finely ground. * Add the flour and the salt. * Pulse once more. * Transfer this to a mixing bowl. * Beat the eggs with the milk add the butter (after you melt it) * Stir it up. * Add the egg mixture to the flour almond mixture. And mix until the batter is smooth. * Pour the batter into the spring form pan and smooth with a spatula. * Pit the plums and slice in thick wedges. * Place the plum slices in a pretty circle pattern. NOTE: If you think your plums are sour sprinkle sugar over them. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes, until the top begins to brown. Getting the plum cake out of the pan: Wait 10 mins before TOUCHING the cake! (Seriously, don't mess with it for 10 minutes!) Take a knife around the circumference (I never thought I'd use that word after math class) of the pan Unlatch the pan CAREFULLY and pull up as straight as possible to avoid touching the sides of the cake. BIG NOTE: Once baked, the plums weep as the cake sits. It's not a good saver cake. I would advise serving this within an hour or two of baking. What nuts can I substitute for the almonds? The almonds are ground to make almond meal. This is done for flavoring. Not necessarily for a crunch factor. So, if you swap - the nut you choose is going to be in cake batter flavor. We use almond meal a lot in Italian dessert recipes. I'm not really sure how "pecan meal" or " walnut meal" would taste. It's your cake - you experiment. Do I need to use a spring form pan? Pretty much. Here's the glitch. This plum cake recipe is great right away. Like within a few hours. If it sits in a glass pan the heat. The plums will weep and the pretty crust turns mushy. You want it to cool as quick as possible - and serve within a few hours. What are unblanched almonds? Almonds with the skins on. Do I HAVE to use butter? YESSSSSSSS! I'm the strongest supporter of the *Butter-Only-Club.* You need butter to get the top to flake. You won't get that with margarine or shortening. Other than that, I think margarine and shortening suck for the most part and I rarely use them. 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Superbowl Sunday is coming up! The best Italian Dessert Recipes for a party like this are ones that are: FAST Finger Foodish (not big hunky sticky globs of gooey-ness that get on your furniture) And freeze-aheads A couple of my favs for this are Cappucino Cookies (lots like choc chips but with a twist) Anisette Cookies (Always on the top 5) Rum Balls (Gingersnaps and Rum) Let's not for get the drinks to go with the beer that will be present! Check out my Italian drinks section for that. Lisa Would you like to share this page? You know how to do it! Thanks for sharing the sugar love! Contact Me Privacy Policy About**
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