Plum Cake with Streusel

Ingredients

• 1.5 lbs Italian Prune Plums pitted and quartered

For the cake batter:

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp lemon zest freshly grated
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter room temperature
• 2 large eggs

For the streusel:

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 cup butter room temperature

 Instructions

• heat up your kitchen appliance to 350°F (177°C). Spray with cookery spray or gently butter a 9-inch springform pan. Set aside.

• within the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment mix flour and leavening. Add sugar, flavoring, lemon zest, butter, and eggs to the bowl and beat on low speed till combined then increase speed to medium-high and beat till sleek and creamy, regarding two minutes.

• unfold the batter equally into the cake pan. Gently press the plums into the dough (see photos or video).

• create the streusel: within the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment mix flour, sugar, and cinnamon. Add soft butter and beat till everything is combined and your crumbs have a rough and clumpy texture regarding thirty seconds to one minute.

• victimisation your hands unfold the streusel equally on prime of the plums.

• Bake for fifty minutes till the highest is gently golden. Let the cake sit within the pan for regarding ten minutes, then run a knife round the fringe of the pan and take away the outer ring of the springform. Let cool to temperature before serving.