Baking with Dorie: Dimply Plum Cake

Name: Baking with Dorie: Dimply Plum Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 79 milliliters flavorless oil, such as canola or sunflower; 2 larges eggs; 355 milliliters all-purpose flour; 177 milliliters (packed) light brown sugar; 1 Grated zest of orange; 8 purple or red plums, halved and pitted; 0 teaspoons salt; 5 Tbsps unsalted butter, at room temperature; 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Need a vegetarian side dish? Baking with Dorie: Dimply Plum Cake could be an excellent recipe to try. One serving contains 277 calories, 4g of protein, and 9g of fat. This recipe serves 8. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of brown sugar, eggs, flavorless oil, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Getting ready: Center a rack in the oven and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter an 8-inch square baking pan, dust the inside with flour, tap out the excess and put the pan on a baking sheet.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Baking Sheet

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Oven

Whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and cardamom, if you’re using it.

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Baking Powder

Cardamom

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Working with a mixer, beat the butter at medium speed until it’s soft and creamy, about 3 minutes.

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Butter

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Blender

Add the sugar and beat for another 3 minutes, then add the eggs, one at a time, and beat for a minute after each egg goes in. Still working on medium speed, beat in the oil, zest and vanilla—the batter will look smooth and creamy, almost satiny. Reduce the mixer speed to low and add the dry ingredients, mixing only until they are incorporated.

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Vanilla

Sugar

Egg

Cooking Oil

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Blender

Run a spatula around the bowl and under the batter, just to make sure there are no dry spots, then scrape the batter into the pan and smooth the top. Arrange the plums cut side up in the batter—I usually make four rows of four plum halves each—jiggling the plums a tad just so they settle comfortably into the batter.

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Plum

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Bake for about 40 minutes, or until the top is honey brown and puffed around the plums and a thin knife inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.

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Honey

Plum

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Knife

Transfer the cake to a rack and cool for 15 minutes—during which time the plums’ juices will seep back into the cake—then run a knife around the sides of the pan and unmold the cake. Invert and cool right side up.

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Plum

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Knife

Frying Pan

Storing: You can wrap the cake and keep it at room temperature for up to 2 days, during which time it will get softer and moister.

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Wrap