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Plum Tea Cake

Here's how you make Plum Tea Cake
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  • Servings: 8
  • Prep: 10m
  • Cook: 40m
    • The following recipe serves 8 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 90 grams plums (fresh red, 10 - 12 plums)
  • 45 grams butter, softened (3 tablespoons)
  • 150 grams sugar (3/4 cup sugar )
  • 2 large eggs
  • 192 grams self raising flour ( 1 1/2 cups )
  • 118 ml milk ( 1/2 cup)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
  • 3 tablespoons brown sugar (for topping)
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon (for topping)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Preheat the oven to 170C

  • Step 2: Spray and line a loaf cake tin. (Spring form can be used)

  • Step 3: Cream together the butter and sugar until light and creamy.

  • Step 4: Add the eggs and beat in well.

  • Step 5: Add the flour, milk, vanilla and mix gently till combined.

  • Step 6: Spread the mix into the cake tin.

  • Step 7: Cut the plums in half, remove seeds and gently press (not too hard the plums are to sit on top) the halved plums cut side down on top of the cake mix.

  • Step 8: Mix the brown sugar and cinnamon together and sprinkle the topping mix over the top.

  • Step 9: Bake for 40 minutes.

  • Step 10: Test with a skewer. Cool in tin.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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