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    Home » Recipes

    Homemade Plum Cake Recipe

    August 6, 2021 by Patti Estep 6 Comments

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    Baked plum cake over the same cake before cooking
    Partial view of a cake with plums on top.

    This plum cake recipe is made with seasonal fresh ripe plums in a simple batter for an easy dessert that's perfect for a summer party.

    Fresh baked plum cake in a large oval baking pan.

    Summer Plum Cake - Not Traditional Plum Cake

    Today we're baking with fresh seasonal fruit again. This time the dish is made with delicious bright red juicy plums. Not to be confused with a traditional Christmas plum cake which is more like a fruit cake, this one is light and flavorful.

    Bowl of fresh plums, pitted and cut into wedges.

    Start with the freshest, ripest plums you can find. Remove the pits and cut them into wedges. These are dark red plums but you can use any kind of plum you like.

    Cake batter spread into an oval baking pan.

    Make the batter and spread it into a ceramic or glass baking pan. Yes, this batter is made from scratch. It's kind of dense like a cookie batter but I didn't want to call it a giant plum cookie so I called it a cake. Don't worry it's really easy.

    Fresh plum wedges place skin side up into cake batter in a baking pan.

    Then you top the batter with your plum wedges. Gently press them into the batter, skin side up in any pattern that you like.

    Other Fruit Substitutions

    Any kind of plum or thin-skinned fruit will do.

    • Peaches
    • Nectarines
    • Apricots
    • Pluot
    Large oval pan with plum cake next to whole plums and a small bowl of fresh cut plum wedges.

    Bake until golden brown.

    Oval ceramic pan with plum cake dusted with powdered sugar.

    You can also dust the final masterpiece with a little powdered sugar in keeping with typical pastry goodies but you don't have to. Simply dig in and enjoy.

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    Fresh plum cake in a large baking dish next to a bowl of fresh plums.

    Fresh Plum Cake Recipe

    Fresh seasonal plums are the highlight of this delicious summertime dessert.
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    Prep Time 15 mins
    Cook Time 30 mins
    Total Time 45 mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American
    Servings 12
    Calories 263 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 1.5 cups all purpose flour
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • 1/2 cup butter
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla
    • 1 cup granulated sugar
    • 2 eggs
    • 4 ripe plums pitted and cut into wedges
    • juice of 1/2 lemon
    • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
    • powdered sugar for dusting optional

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat oven to 350 degrees
    • Add the lemon juice to the plum wedges, set aside
    • Combine flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon in a bowl.
    • In a separate bowl cream butter and sugar.
    • Add eggs, one at a time. Mix well
    • Add vanilla and mix well.
    • Add 1/2 of the flour mixture to the butter and sugar mixture and mix well.
    • Add the remaining flour mixture and mix well.
    • Pour into a greased 9 x 11 baking pan.
    • Spread evenly.
    • Set plum wedges skin side up into the batter.
    • Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees.
    • Allow to cool and dust with powdered sugar if desired.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1gCalories: 263kcalCarbohydrates: 44gProtein: 3gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 51mgSodium: 302mgFiber: 1gSugar: 31g

    Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although attempts have been made to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.

    Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

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    About Patti Estep

    Patti is the creator of Hearth and Vine, a home and garden blog filled with projects to inspire your creative side. She loves crafting, gardening, decorating and entertaining at her home in Pennsylvania. When she is not working on a project at home or searching for treasures at nurseries and thrift stores with her girlfriends, you’ll probably find her with family and friends, at a restaurant, or home party enjoying new and different food adventures.

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    Comments

    1. Laura

      September 14, 2021 at 5:42 pm

      Where does the lemon juice come in? I left it out since I couldn’t find it in the instructions. In the oven now! Looks delicious.

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      • Patti Estep

        September 15, 2021 at 6:46 am

        Laura, you can add some lemon juice to the plums while you are making the batter. I will add a little acidity but the cake should be fine without it. Sorry for the confusion.

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        • Laura

          September 15, 2021 at 7:15 am

          Thank you! I’m sure I’ll be making this again. My family and I LOVED it!

        • Patti Estep

          September 15, 2021 at 7:48 am

          Awww that's great to hear. Thank you for sharing Laura!

    2. Pennie Austin

      August 11, 2021 at 5:25 pm

      Patti,
      Is the calorie content correct on your Fresh Plum Cake Recipe? It says 3,160 calories. There is not a serving size stated. I'm really hoping the calorie content is for the whole cake or that is a typo. Otherwise I will never make this cake. I'm fat enough as it is.
      Thank you for all your wonderful recipes and crafts.
      Best regards,
      Pennie Austin

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      • Patti Estep

        August 11, 2021 at 6:06 pm

        Pennie, thank you for bringing this to my attention. I have to enter the number of servings for each recipe and the software computes the calories. Unfortunately, instead of 12, I had 1. So I guess if you want to eat the entire cake it would be over 3,000 calories. I just corrected my mistake. Now it states 263 calories per serving. Thanks again for letting me know and I hope you get a chance to try it one day.

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