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Cinnamon plum cake served with icing sugar and cinnamon
Autumnal plum sponge cake with halved plums on top

Cinnamon Plum Cake

Author: Flavelo
Recipes Vegetarian & Vegan Cakes and Desserts
This 'Zwetschgenkuchen' style cake is the harbinger of autumn. A simple sponge batter that exists only to provide a bed for the abundance of plums. During baking, the plum juice and sugar melt together into a syrup that permeates the sponge, while cinnamon adds warmth to the whole.
🕒 Prep Time 20 mins
🍳 Cook Time 40 mins
⌛ Total Time 1 hr
🍽️ Servings 8 servings
🔥 Calories 320 kcal
🌍 Cuisine Austrian

Ingredients

Equipment Needed

  • Springform cake tin (24 cm)
  • Hand mixer

Allergen Information

⚠️ Cereals containing gluten
⚠️ Milk
⚠️ Eggs

Instructions

1 ✓

Cream the soft butter with the sugar until very pale. Add the eggs one by one, mixing thoroughly after each addition.

Tip: Creaming the butter introduces air into the batter (mechanical leavening), making the cake light.
2 ✓

Mix together the flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Alternately with the milk, add to the butter base and mix until smooth.

Tip: Do not overmix with the flour, or the cake will become dense and heavy due to gluten formation.
3 ✓

Pour the mixture into a buttered cake tin. Arrange the halved plums on top (cut side up).

Tip: If the skin is on the bottom, the juice does not flow out immediately into the batter, but caramelises in the hollow.
4 ✓

Bake at 180°C for 35-40 minutes (test with a skewer!). Leave to cool in the tin.

Tip: The structure of the hot cake is still weak; if you take it out now, it may fall apart.
5 ✓

Before serving, dust with cinnamon icing sugar.

Tip: Best served lukewarm!

Recipe FAQ

Why did the fruit sink?
This is not a problem with this cake, but if it bothers you, toss the plums in a little flour before adding, this increases adhesion.
Can I use tinned fruit?
Only if you drain it very thoroughly, otherwise it will make the batter soggy.

Ingredients

  • 400 g Plums or damsons (pitted, halved)
  • 200 g Plain flour
  • 150 g Caster sugar
  • 3 pcs Eggs
  • 100 g Butter (soft)
  • 100 ml Milk
  • 1 sachet Baking powder
  • 1.5 tsp Ground cinnamon
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • 20 g Icing sugar (for dusting)