Plum Torte

By

Plum Torte is an incredibly popular dessert, especially when plums are in season, and this seasonal torte comes very highly recommended. It is so good, and so simple to make, that people are often surprised by how good it is, it is as if they have forgotten how delicious baked plums can be. Try it and see …

Plum Torte Recipe

Serves 8 slices.

Recipe Ingredients:

  • 12 ripe plums (halved and pitted)
  • 200g golden caster sugar
  • 100g unsalted butter (softened)
  • 225g plain flour (sifted)
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • Pinch of salt
  • 2 eggs (beaten)
  • Sugar and cinnamon for topping
  • 250ml double cream (whipped to form soft peaks)

Recipe Method:

Preheat oven to 180C

Wash and dry the plums, cut them in half and stone.

In a large bowl cream together the sugar and butter until light and creamy. Fold in the sifted flour, baking powder, salt and the beaten eggs. Mix together well, to form a batter.

Spoon the batter into a buttered 20cm spring form tin. Place the plum halves (skin side up) on top of the batter. Sprinkle lightly over with extra golden caster sugar, (depending on the sweetness of the fruit) then sprinkle over 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon, (or the amount to taste).

Bake for 40 to 50 minutes in an oven at 180C. Once baked remove and allow to cool. Serve warm with a little whiped double cream.

Posted in All Recipes.
Share

Related Posts

  •
    March 24, 2012

    Summer Berry & Juniper Jam

    In late summer combine all the ripe fruits into a jam, as the flavours work well together, particularly when blended with the juniper berries, which produces a gentle and subtle taste of gin to the jam. Summer Berry & Juniper Jam Makes about 1.3 Kg of jam to pot. Raspberries and blackberries are used in …

  •
    August 1, 2011

    Stout-Hearted Cake

    A “Stout-Hearted Cake” is a fruit-cake made and eaten on Candlemas Day (2nd February). A day when candles are blessed in the Churches and the Church of England celebrates the Presentation of Christ in the Temple as one of its Principal Feasts. The name of the cake is taken from the main preserving ingredient – …

  •
    March 13, 2012

    Chicken & Chorizo Filo Pie

    This is a great tasting, easy to make, crunchy filo pie full of Chicken, Chorizo, Mozzarella Cheese, Mushrooms and Sun-dried Tomatoes. A piece of this pie is excellent as a starter, or served with seasonal steamed vegetables (or boiled new potatoes) it is an excellent evening meal on a warm evening. Chicken & Chorizo Filo …

  •
    July 4, 2014

    A Proper Newe Booke Of Cookerye

    A Proper Newe Booke Of Cookerye was published in 1545 A.D. (in Tudor England) and it contains 49 recipes – with an introduction of seasonal recipe instructions and a recommended list of food-courses. Therefore this manuscript is an excellent reference (and important historical document) for social historians studying what made up the individual food courses …

Basket Close
Updating…
  • No products in the basket.

Continue shopping