Plum crumble cake
Here I have come up with another summer stone fruit Plums. Scorching sun and heat has kept me away from extensive cooking. I was spending really less time in the kitchen and baking.. I could not even dare to think about doing. When the first shower happened and the heat resided,first thing I wanted
Ingredients
For cake :
- ¾ cup unsalted butter , at room temperature
- 1 ¼ cups brown sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 yolks extra
- 1 ½ tsps lemon zest fresh
- 1 ½ tsps vanilla extract vanilla bean seeds or , scraped 1
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 tsps baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 8 - 10 plums , pitted and cut into thing slices
For Crumble topping:
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- ½ cup sugar
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ½ cup unsalted butter melted
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven at 350 F/ 176 degree Celsius.Prepare a 9 inch spring for pan.
- In a big bowl, cream butter and brown sugar till light and fluffy(for about 3-4 minutes).
- Add eggs one by one followed by the yolks,scraping down the bowls after each.Stir in the lemon zest and vanilla essence.
- In a separate bowl,shift together all the dry ingredients.Add the dry ingredient into the wet mixture in batches,and mix in low speed just until combined.
- In another bowl mix all the elements mentioned under crumble by hand.
- Spread half of the cake batter in the prepared pan. Spread half of the sliced plums.Spread the remaining batter on plums and smooth the surface.Spread remaining plums . and top it with the crumble mixture prepared in step.
- Bake for 1 hour or till a tester comes out clean. This cake is best served slightly warm.
Notes
Note:.
Because of long baking time,there are chances the bottom might get too brown. while preparing the pan place 2-3 layers of baking parchment at the bottom to avoid too much browning.