Cakes Recipes - Plum Crumble Cake

Ingredients

• 150g butter or margarine, at room temperature

• 150g caster sugar

• 4 eggs, at room temperature

• 7.5ml vanilla essence

• 150 plain flour 5ml baking powder

• 657g red plums, halved and stoned

• For the topping

• 115g plain flour

• 130 light brown sugar

• 7.5ml ground cinnamon

• 75g butter, cut in pieces

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180"C/350"F /Gas 4. Using greaseproof paper, line a 25 X 5cm/l0 x 2in tin and grease the paper. For the topping, combine the flour, light brown sugar and cinnamon in a bowl. Add the butter and rub in until it resembles coarse breadcrumbs.

2. Cream the butter or margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Stir in the vanilla. In three batches, sift, then fold in the flour and baking powder.

3. Pour the mixture into the tin. Arrange the plums on top and sprinkle with the topping.

4. Bake until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Cool in the tin.

5. To serve, run a knife around the inside edge and invert on to a plate. Invert again on to a serving plate so the topping is uppermost.