Dimpled Plum Cake

After the king of fruits, it is the season of beautiful, red plums. I picked them from nearest departmental store . They were placed in a wide wooden bowl and was looking very beautiful. I couldn’t stop myself  picking them .

Last year when I got fresh  plums , I made eggless plum cake. That cake was a big hit and  a  no fail recipe.  Many recipes can be prepared with plums, like ghost aloo bukhara, plum chutney, plum crumble and many beverages.

Wonderfully delicious and juicy Plums may be available year around, but they are at their best between May until September. But here these are available only for one month. People hesitate to buy plums as they are unaware about this fruit. So whenever I see these ,pick immediately and I always look to make a good use of plum.

Plums are plentiful in minerals like potassium, fluoride and iron. Iron is required for red blood cell formation. Potassium is an important component of cell and body fluids that helps controlling heart rate and blood pressure. Check out my easy plum cake recipe which will help you add the glorious plum to your go-to ingredient list this summer.

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Dimpled Plum Cake

Cuisine

american

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

30 minutes

Servings

no

Ingredients

• 1 & 1/2 cup All purpose flour
• 1 cup Powder Sugar
• 1 cup yogurt
• 1 & 1/2 tsp Baking powder
• 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
• ½ cup minus 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
• 1/4th tsp Dry ginger powder
• 15-17 slices fresh plum
• 4 tbsp Milk
• 1/2 tsp Vanilla essence
• a generous pinch salt

Cuisine american Prep Time 10 minutes Cook Time 30 minutes Servings no Ingredients 1 & 1/2 cup All purpose flour 1 cup Powder Sugar 1 cup yogurt 1 & 1/2 tsp Baking powder 1/2 tsp Baking Soda ½ cup minus 1 tbsp vegetable oil 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder 1/4th tsp Dry ginger powder 15-17 slices fresh plum 4 tbsp Milk 1/2 tsp Vanilla essence a generous pinch salt

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven at 170’c for 10 minutes.
2. Grease a 8” cake tin with oil or lined with parchment paper.
3. Sift together all purpose flour, salt, cinnamon powder, dry ginger powder , baking powder and baking soda into a large bowl.
4. Sieve for 3 to 4 times. Keep aside.
5. Whisk oil and powder sugar in low speed till the mixture seems creamy .
6. Add yogurt and vanilla, beat for few second more.
7. Finally add sifted flour and fold with a help of spatula.
8. Add milk to get a smooth flowing consistency batter.
9. Pour this batter on the greased tin , tap for 2-3 times so that bubbles can escape and the batter can set evenly.
10. Arrange plum slices on the top, gently press these so that plum slices are jigged into batter.
11. Sprinkle  brown sugar on top.
12. Bake for 30 minutes at 170’c.
13. Check with toothpick, it should comes out clean.
14. Cool it and gently lift the parchment paper to take out the cake from the pan.
15. Slice the cake , drizzle powder sugar on top, then serve.

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