Vanilla Plum Cake

Name: Vanilla Plum Cake
Ingredients: 12 plums (or equivelant of any other fruit); 300 g butter; 1 1/2 cups sugar; 3 eggs; 1 lemon zest, grated; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 cup buttermilk or 1 cup yoghurt; 3 1/2 cups self raising flour

8 ingredients

11 steps

Ingredients

12 plums (or equivelant of any other fruit)
300 g butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 lemon zest, grated
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup buttermilk or 1 cup yoghurt
3 1/2 cups self raising flour

Directions

1

pre-heat oven to 160 degrees Celcius.
2

grease and line an oven roasting dish (or muffin tins).
3

cream butter and sugar.
4

add eggs one at a time.
5

mix in zest and vanilla.
6

gently stir in buttermilk/yoghurt and flour.
7

DON'T OVER MIX.
8

spoon into prepared dish and spread out.
9

arrange fruit over the cake batter, cut side up (the fruit will sink a little but this is fine).
10

if you are making muffins just put 1 or 2 pieces of fruit on top.
11

bake 50 - 60 minutes (or 25 minutes for muffins).