Grandma's best plum cake

8 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
1cupAll-purpose flour
1teaspoonBaking powder
pinchSalt
½cupButter -- softened
¾cupGranulated sugar
teaspoonLemon zest -- grated
2largesEggs
15Purple plums -- halved &
Pitted
1tablespoonFresh lemon juice
TOPPING
2tablespoonsGranulated sugar
½teaspoonGround cinnamon

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease bottom and sides of a 9 or 10 inch springform pan.

2. Mix together flour, baking powder, and salt.

3. Beat together butter, sugar, and lemon zest at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.

4. At low speed, beat flour mixture into butter mixture. Spoon batter into prepared pan, spreading evenly.

5. Arrange plum halves, skinsides up, on top of batter. Sprinkle with lemon juice.

6. To prepare topping, mix together sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle over top of cake.

7. Bake cake until golden brown, 1 hour. Transfer pan to a wire rack to cool slightly.

Recipe By : Great American Home Baking From: Jean@... (Jean Denndate: 16 Apr 1996 21:37:58 Gmt