plum breakfast cake09/04/12
I spent a morning last week with Isa of Marmalade Magazine. We drank tea and ate plum cake in my super sunny living room. It was wonderful. Every time Isa and I are together, we start talking and all of the sudden realize it’s two and a half hours later.
This plum cake is the bomb. I made one for Isa and I to munch on and I made another one the following morning for Blake to take to work. It looks pretty, tastes great, and took two seconds to throw together. It would be a perfect excuse to invite some friends over this weekend and have a lazy, chatty, Saturday morning. Find Isa’s article about our morning here.
Plum Breakfast Cake
(adapted from Smitten Kitchen)
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
5 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 tablespoons coconut oil
1 cup cane sugar
2 large eggs
1/3 cup canola oil
Zest of 1 lemon
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
6-8 plums
Mix wet ingredients together, leaving out the butter (sugar, eggs, oils, vanilla). Fold in dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon). Cut the butter into small pieces and mix in last with a fork or pastry cutter. Pour into a non-stick sprayed or parchment paper-lined 8 inch round pan. Place plum slices, cut side up, on top of the cake. Sprinkle with a little sugar and cinnamon. Bake at 350 degrees for about 35 minutes, or until slightly browned.
This cake is love at first sight. i will definitely bake it this weekend!
from what I’ve seen, your place looks like a dream. eating plum cake in sunny morning light sounds like perfection!
I rarely make anything using plums–they’re just not the first thing that come to mind, but I can’t wait to try out this recipe!
this plum cake looks like perfection. invite me over next time, pretty please?
lOOKS delicious! I will have to try the recipe…thankfully it doesn’t looks too complicated. I try to stay away from those :)
My mom used to make plum cake. Plum is somewhat of a staple fruit in most european baking. Lovely cake stand.
That is THE PRETTIEST pie pan. The pie doesn’t look so bad either;)
Mmmmm, that cake looks scrumptious. Perfect breakfast cake? i think so.
What a beautiful cake! I like your dining room table, too. What a pretty backdrop for photographing your delicious food!
I’m not a big sweets in the morning person, but this cake looks understated and perfect. I love marmalade mag – all in all, seems like y’all had a perfect weekend morning.
I’m not a big sweets in the morning person, but this cake looks understated and perfect. I love marmalade mag – all in all, seems like y’all had a perfect weekend morning.
This looks absolutely delicious, ah this has got me drooling!
YUM! yes, invite me over too next time
Made this tasty treat last night. The aroma wafting from the kitchen drove my husband crazy! Nothing left this morning but the smallest of slivers! So Yum!
What a beautiful cake! I never had a cake with plum in it. Thanks for sharing. I look forward to making it.