Polish Plum Cake Recipe - Placek z Sliwkami

By BobLongo

Ingredients

• 2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 + 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) soft butter + 3 tablespoons cold butter, cut into pieces
• 3/4 cup milk
• 2 large eggs
• 40 fresh any variety plums, pitted and halved
• 1/4 teaspoon cloves

Details

Servings 12
Adapted from easteuropeanfood.about.com

Preparation

Step 1

Lightly coat a 13"x9" pan with cooking spray. Heat oven to 350 degrees. In large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and 3/4 cup sugar. Add 1/2 cup softened butter, milk and eggs. Beat at medium speed 4 minutes.

Pour batter into prepared pan. Place plums on top, cut side up, pushing down slightly into batter.

Cut remaining 1/4 cup sugar and cloves into 3 tablespoons cold butter and sprinkle over plums. Bake about 40 minutes or until a toothpick tests clean.

Let the cake cool in the pan so the plum juices will be reabsorbed to create a moist cake. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar, if desired, and cut into 12 squares.