Quick and Simple Plum Cake

This plum cake is easy as pie and quick to make, especially if you are using a food processor. It can be mixed by hand as well, it just takes a bit more time.

• Preparation Time: 25 mins
• Cooking Time: 45 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Calories: 255 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ½ lemon, juiced and zested
• ⅓ cup buttermilk
• 18 plums, pitted and halved, or as needed
• 7 tablespoons unsalted butter at room temperature
• 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar, or as needed

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 10-inch springform pan.

Step 2

Sprinkle prepared plums with lemon juice in a bowl.

Step 3

Combine flour, butter, sugar, eggs, buttermilk, baking powder, salt, and lemon zest in the bowl of a food processor; pulse until blended. Process on low speed until smooth. Pour batter into the prepared springform pan.

Step 4

Arrange plums, cut-side down, on the batter. They can touch or even overlap; the more plums you can fit, the better the cake. Dust with cinnamon.

Step 5

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 15 to 20 minutes before serving. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Invert carefully onto a serving plate. Dust with confectioners' sugar.