Rusitc Plum Cake with Cardamom

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Rusitc Plum Cake with Cardamom

Rustic Plum Cake is a soft, cardamom scented cake embedded with sweet, juicy plums. This rustic cake is meant to be simple and homey. It's a totally unfussy recipe. Makes one 9" cake.

Prep Time30

Bake Time45

Total Time1 15

Servings:12 servings

Ingredients

2 large eggs (room temperature)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 oz buttermilk (¼ cup)
5 ½ oz cake flour (1 ¼ cups, see note)
½ teaspoon baking soda
⅛ teaspoon table salt
½ teaspoon ground cardamom
4 oz granulated sugar (½ cup)
3 oz brown sugar (⅓ cup, divided)
5 oz unsalted butter (room temperature)
5 large plums (pitted and quartered)

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350F. Line the bottom of a 10" springform pan with parchment paper or butter and flour the pan. (see note)
Whisk together 2 large eggs, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract and 2 tablespoons of the buttermilk in a small bowl, set aside.
Sift 5 ½ oz cake flour, ½ teaspoon baking soda, ⅛ teaspoon table salt and ½ teaspoon ground cardamom into a mixer bowl. Add 4 oz granulated sugar and 2 tablespoons (1 oz) of of the brown sugar. Mix on low speed for 30 seconds to distribute the ingredients.
With the mixer running on low, toss in 3 oz brown sugar a tablespoon at a time. Add the remaining buttermilk and increase the speed to medium and mix 3 minutes to aerate the batter. With the mixer on low speed, slowly add the egg mixture in two batches. Scrape the bowl and mixer after each addition.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and spread to level. Place the plums, skin side down, in concentric circles over the batter. Sprinkle the remaining brown sugar over the plums.
Bake until the cake springs back when pressed, about 45 minutes. Cool 10 minutes in the pan before releasing the sides.
Serve slightly warm or room temperature.

Notes

If measuring the flour by volume use the “dip & sweep” method. That is, dip the measuring cup into the flour bin, overfill it, then sweep away the excess.

If you don't have a spring form pan you can use a regular cake pan. Let the cake cool completely before flipping it out onto a cake. Flip back over so the cake is served plum side up.

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