Vanilla Damson/Plum Cake

Name: Vanilla Damson/Plum Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 1 10 inch cake
Ingredients: 2 eggs; 50 g demerara sugar (1/4 cup); 1/2 tablespoon vanilla sugar; 1 pinch salt; 2 tablespoons oil; 150 g prepared vanilla pudding (I used soy vanilla pudding); 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 175 g flour; 50 g potato starch; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 500 g damsons (1 lb) or 500 g plums, cleaned and quartered (1 lb); 50 g biscuits, crushed (e.g. tea biscuits, sugar cookies or try amarettini)

Submitted by Lalaloula

"This fruity cake is sooooo good! It is full of summer flavour and has a great airy, cakey texture. I was very, very happy with this recipe from German chef Tim Mälzer and will now use this as a base for all my fruit cakes. Feel free to use other fruits, but keep in mind that some might be too juicy for the cake. I hope youll enjoy this cake as much as we did! I served this with a soy whipped cream and it was so good!"

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Ready In:: 1hr
Ingredients:: 12
Yields:: 1 10 inch cake

ingredients

2 eggs
50 g demerara sugar (1/4 cup)
¹⁄₂ tablespoon vanilla sugar
1 pinch salt
2 tablespoons oil
150 g prepared vanilla pudding (I used soy vanilla pudding)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
175 g flour
50 g potato starch
2 teaspoons baking powder
500 g damsons (1 lb) or 500 g plums, cleaned and quartered (1 lb)
50 g biscuits, crushed (e.g. tea biscuits, sugar cookies or try amarettini)

directions

Combine eggs, sugars and salt in a big bowl. With your electric mixer cream this for 8 minutes. Do not skip this step, it is important to cream for at least 8 minutes!
Stir in oil, pudding and vanilla extract.
In a second bowl combine flour, starch and baking powder. Fold into the wet ingredients.
Pour dough into a greased 10 inch spring-form pan. This will look a little skimpy, but the dough will double during baking.
Arrange the quartered damsons on top of the dough in concentric circles. Sprinkle with the crushed cookies.
Bake in the pre-heated oven at 160°C/320°F on the second lowest rack for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
Serve with whipped cream or ice-cream. :).