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Plum Pound Cake

Plum Pound Cake

Name: Plum Pound Cake
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h 5 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Plums 8; Brown sugar 3 tbsp; Cinnamon ¼ tsp; Chinese 5 spice ½ tsp; Butter 180 g; Caster sugar 1 cup; Vanilla extract 1 tsp; Large eggs 3; Plain flour 1¾ cups; Sea salt ½ tsp; Baking powder 1 tsp; Icing sugar ½ cup; Lemon juice 1 tbsp

Layered Spiced Plum Pound Cake

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3h 5m
Serves 6
Medium
150 °C
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Ingredients

	8 Plums firm but ripe plums, stoned, halved and cut into 3 wedges
	3 tbsp Brown sugar
	¼ tsp Cinnamon ground
	½ tsp Chinese 5 spice ground
	For the Cake:
	180 g Butter at room temperature
	1 cup Caster sugar
	1 tsp Vanilla extract with Star Anise or plain vanilla
	3 Large eggs lightly beaten
	1¾ cups Plain flour
	½ tsp Sea salt
	1 tsp Baking powder
	For the glaze:
	½ cup Icing sugar
	1 tbsp Lemon juice

Nutritional information

722

Calories

27.8g

Fat

110.9g

Carbohydrate

11.1g

Protein

158mg

Cholesterol

368mg

Sodium

Cuisine:

American Recipes

Ingredients

8 Plums
firm but ripe plums, stoned, halved and cut into 3 wedges
3 tbsp Brown sugar
¼ tsp Cinnamon
ground
½ tsp Chinese 5 spice
ground
For the Cake:
180 g Butter
at room temperature
1 cup Caster sugar
1 tsp Vanilla extract
with Star Anise or plain vanilla
3 Large eggs
lightly beaten
1¾ cups Plain flour
½ tsp Sea salt
1 tsp Baking powder
For the glaze:
½ cup Icing sugar
1 tbsp Lemon juice

Plum Pound Cake

A deliciously, moist Plum Pound Cake recipe that is simple and tasty. Start out by preparing an easy vanilla batter with ripe plum wedges in between layers and sprinkled with cinnamon, brown sugar and ground Chinese 5 spice, that gives this cake the perfect kick to wake up your afternoon senses.

Pair it with a lovely cup of jasmine or herbal tea of your choice.

To make Plum Pound Cake, you will need the following ingredients:

So, how to make Plum Pound Cake?

Steps to make Plum Pound Cake

1	Preheat oven and prepare baking pan	10
Preheat the oven to 150 °C fan bake and grease a 25cm x 13cm and 7½ cm deep loaf tin and line with parchment paper over.
2	Prepare sugar mix	2
In a small bowl, stir the sugar, cinnamon and 5 spice together then set aside.
3	Combine wet ingredients	10
In a mixing bowl, beat the butter, sugar and vanilla extract together until pale and fluffy.
4	Add eggs	10
Gradually beat in the eggs, one at a time with a tablespoon of flour, if they start to curdle.
5	Combine dry ingredients	3
In a separate bowl, mix the flour, salt and baking powder together.
6	Prepare cake batter	10
Mix the wet ingredients with dry ingredients until combined, being careful to not over mix.
7	Prepare cake	10
Pour half the batter into the base of the cake tin, evenly and scatter half of the plums wedges on top. Sprinkle with sugar mix on top to coat and repeat with remaining ingredients to make a second layer, batter, plums and sugar mix.
8	Bake	1h
Bake in preheated oven for about 1 hour 10 minutes until a wooden toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean. Cover the top loosely with foil if getting too brown.
9	Cool	1h
Allow cake to cool completely before removing from the tin.
10	Drizzle glaze	3
Combine ½ cup icing sugar and enough lemon juice to form a smooth glaze. Dust with icing sugar or drizzle with lemon juice glaze
11	Serve	5
Serve and enjoy!

I highly recommend this Plum Pound Cake recipe for a tasty and different treat to have around the house. The spices open your senses just wonderfully and pairs any tea option of your choice. Try it out and tag #cookmerecipes in your own baking, Instagram and Pinterest posts.

Lilly Mathuse

Lilly is an enthusiastic and cheerful young mom. She knows as well as any parent that children can be really picky when it comes to food. And she’s had plenty of experience trying to cook meals that are both tasty and nutritious, and able to satisfy the tastes of a fussy kid right away! To save you some precious time, Lilly's going to share with you all the tricks she learned the hard way, so you don’t have to! She has a wealth of recipes for quick and easy meals for kids and families on a budget.