Plum, fig and almond cake
Plum, fig and almond cake

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, plum, fig and almond cake. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

This plum almond cake is an Italian classic. While we've got nothing against homey, which is what author Domenica Marchetti dubs this dessert, we think this lovely little looker of a cake has a little haute going on, too. She prefers how this simple cake "celebrates September, when farmers' markets are.

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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook plum, fig and almond cake using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Plum, fig and almond cake:
  1. Prepare 100 g ground almonds
  2. Take 100 g unrefined golden caster sugar plus 50g for topping
  3. Make ready 75 g plain flour
  4. Prepare 1/4 tsp salt
  5. Prepare 2 large eggs
  6. Take 125 ml milk
  7. Make ready 1/4 tsp almond extract
  8. Prepare 4 tbsp butter
  9. Get 300 g plums
  10. Get 100 g figs

Plum and almond cake recipes at Waitrose.com. Place the flour and ground almonds in a large bowl, then add the butter, sugar, eggs and almond extract. Figs are baked into an almond batter for this rustic cake to have with coffee or tea. A ripe fig (the object of your desire) is soft, yielding, beginning to crack, nearly wrinkled.

Steps to make Plum, fig and almond cake:
  1. Preheat the oven to 180°. Butter a 25cm springform cake tin.
  2. Mix together the almonds, sugar, flour and salt in the bowl of a Kitchenaid mixer or similar, or just in a large mixing bowl.
  3. In a separate jug, beat the eggs, add the milk and almond extract, and then stir in the melted butter.
  4. Add the contents of the jug to the dry ingredients and beat well until you have a smooth batter.
  5. Scrape the batter into the cake tin.
  6. Half and de-stone your plums, then chop each half into four slices. Quarter your figs without quite cutting through the base so that you can open the fruit out into a four-petalled flower.
  7. Scatter the plum slices evenly over the batter, then arrange the figs on top. Sprinkle the extra 1/4 cup of sugar over the top.
  8. Bake for 45 minutes until the top is golden and a skewer pushed into the center of the cake comes out clean.

This delicious French Almond Plum Cake features a delightfully delicate crumb infused with the flavor of almonds and the moistness of juicy plums that gently seep into the cake while baking. It's very easy to make and is always a hit wherever I serve it. Can I Substitute Other Fruits in This Cake? Fresh figs and ripe plums crown the top of this buttery, almond-scented snack cake. Make this cake work for you all year round by swapping in seasonal fruit favorites like peaches View image.

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