Polish plum cake

By foodiva

Ingredients

• Cake batter
• 125 g butter
• 150 g sugar
• 1 tsp lemon zest
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 eggs large
• 5 g salt
• 300 g all-purpose flour sifted
• 10 g baking powder
• 185 ml milk
• 125 g sour cream
• Butter topping
• 40 g butter
• 50 g sugar
• 1/4 tsp cloves ground
• Fruit
• 8-10 plums pitted and halved

Details

Adapted from cakieshq.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 175 ºC / 350 ºF.

Grease an oven dish (20 cm x 30 cm / 8 in x 12 in) or grease a baking tray and line with parchment paper.

Cake batter

Cream butter with sugar, vanilla and lemon zest.

Add eggs one by one, add salt and mix until combined.

At a lower speed, mix in the flour and baking power in increments.

Add milk and sour cream and mix until combined.

Pour the batter in the prepared oven dish or baking tray en lightly push in the halved plums.

Butter topping

Put butter, sugar and cloves into a small bowl and using two knives, cut and mix until combined.

Crumble the butter mixture onto the plums.

Bake

Bake for roughly 40 minutes till golden brown and a skewer comes out clean.