ITALIAN PLUM CAKE

By Lutie

My Mom got this recipe from an Italian lady who worked with her at Jewel. Every summer when prune plums are in season, I look forward to making this wonderful cake. A food processor makes mixing the batter much easier and also aerates the batter to make it less dense.

Ingredients

• 1 Cup sugar
• 1 Cup vegetable oil
• 4 Eggs, beaten
• 2 Cups flour, sifted
• 1 Tsp. baking powder
• 1 Tsp. vanilla
• 12-15 Prune plums, seeded and halved.
• 1/2 Cup sugar, mixed with 1/4 tsp. cinnamon.

Preparation

Step 1

Oven to 375 degrees

Grease and flour 9x13” metal cake pan

Mix sugar, oil, eggs, flour, baking powder and vanilla in processor (or hand mixer). Spread a little less than half the batter in pan. Roll plum halves in sugar/cinnamon mixture and place cut side up on batter. Pour balance of batter over plums.

Bake 45-50 minutes until golden.

When cool, sprinkle with powdered sugar.