Plum and almond cake

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Ingredients

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125g Butter softened, plus extra for greasing
125g Caster sugar
125g Self Raising Flour
2 Large eggs
1 Lemon finely grated zest of
50g Ground almonds
8 Plums medium-size plums, halved and stoned
10 Almonds whole almonds
1 tbsp Redcurrant jelly

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Plum and almond cake

Moist, glazed plums team beautifully with almonds.

  • 70 min
  • Serves 10
  • Easy

Ingredients

Directions

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Glazed plums are perfectly combined with almonds – a delicious dessert for friendly company with a cup of tea.

Steps

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Pre-heat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4. Grease a 4cm-deep rectangular tin, 28cm x 19cm, and line with baking paper. Melt the butter in a small pan. Remove from the heat and stir in the cocoa. Set aside for 10 minutes.

2
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Beat the butter and sugar until light and creamy. Add one egg and beat well, then beat in the other egg with a spoonful of the flour.

3
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Gently fold in the rest of the flour, lemon zest and ground almonds. Put in the cake tin and level the top.

4
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Arrange the plums on top, skin-side down, then the whole almonds

5
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Bake for 35-45 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.

6
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Melt the redcurrant jelly in a pan and brush on top of the cake to serve.

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