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Sunken Plum Cake

Sunken Plum Cake

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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Dessert
Servings 8

Ingredients
  

Cake

  • ½ cup unsalted butter 1 stick, room temperature
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ¼ cup honey
  • 2 eggs large, room temperature
  • 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • ½ tsp ginger freshly grated
  • 1¼ cup flour all purpose
  • 1½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp ground cardamom
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 4-5 plums pitted, sliced ¼" thick
  • Turbinado/raw sugar

Glaze (optional)

  • ¼ cup honey

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350℉.
  • Grease and line a 9" springform pan with parchment paper, or use a 9" x 9" baking dish.
  • Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3-4 minutes, using either a handheld mixer or stand mixer with paddle attachment.
  • Add honey to the sugar mixture and mix until well incorporated.
  • Add eggs, vanilla, and ginger until also well incorporated.
  • Sift flour, baking powder, salt, and cardamom together. Slowly add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, and mix until just incorporated. Be careful not to over-mix.
  • Pour the batter into the lined and greased cake pan. Add the sliced plum on top of the cake. They will sink as they bake.
  • Top with generous sprinkling of Turbinado/raw sugar.
  • Bake 35-40 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean when tested in the center of the cake.
  • (Optional) Heat ¼ cup of honey until warm and brush on top of the cake once it has cooled.