Apple-Plum Cake

Fresh, juicy plums are partnered with apples, applesauce, and orange juice in this simple ginger-spiced plum cake, that's moist and tasty.

• Preparation Time: 25 mins
• Cooking Time: 50 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
• Calories: 294 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3 tablespoons white sugar
• 2 teaspoons butter, melted
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger
• 1 pinch nutmeg
• 2 medium apples, peeled and sliced
• 2 plums, peeled and sliced
• 0.5 teaspoon salt
• 0.5 cup applesauce
• 0.25 cup oil
• 0.33333334326744 cup orange juice
• 2.5 cups whole wheat pastry flour

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 50 minutes.

Step 2

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch square baking pan.

Step 3

Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg into a large bowl. Toss 1/2 of the apples and 1/2 of the plums into the flour mixture. Place remaining apples and plums in a second bowl and toss with melted butter.

Step 4

Mix together sugar, applesauce, orange juice, oil, eggs, ginger, and vanilla extract in a third bowl. Mix together sugar and cinnamon in a small, fourth bowl.

Step 5

Fold applesauce mixture into the flour mixture until just moistened. Pour 1/2 of the batter into the prepared baking pan and layer with apples and plums. Pour remaining batter on top and sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar mixture.