Spiced Plum Pound Cake

17 ingredients
9 steps

Ingredients

  • 8 medium firm but ripe plums, halved and stoned
  • 3 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 pinch ground aniseed
  • 1 pinch ground cloves
  • 1 pinch ground black pepper
  • Cake
  • 180 g butter, at room temperature
  • 3/4 cup caster sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 4 eggs, lightly beaten (M)
  • 1 3/4 cups plain flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • Icing
  • 1/2 a cup icing sugar
  • lemon juice

Directions

  1. 1
    Cut each plum half into 3 wedges and set aside. Combine the sugar, cinnamon and other spices in a bowl and set aside.
  2. 2
    Cake:
  3. 3
    Beat the butter, sugar and vanilla until pale and light. Gradually beat in the eggs.
  4. 4
    Combine the flour, salt and baking powder and gently mix into the butter mixture. Don't over beat or the cake will be tough.
  5. 5
    Spread half of the batter in the base of the loaf tin (app. 25cm x 13cm and 71/2 cm deep) lined with parchment paper, then scatter over half of the plums. Sprinkle half of the brown sugar mixture over the top. Repeat with the remaining batter, plums and sugar.
  6. 6
    Bake in the oven at 150°C fan for about 1 h 10 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Cover the top loosely with foil if getting too brown. Cool completely before removing from the tin.
  7. 7
    Icing:
  8. 8
    Combine icing sugar with enough lemon juice to make a smooth, thick but pourable icing.
  9. 9
    Serve dusted with icing sugar or drizzle with lemon icing.

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