Grandma's Best Plum Cake

* Exported from MasterCook *

GRANDMA'S BEST PLUM CAKE

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Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cakes

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 c All-purpose flour
1 t Baking powder
pn Salt
1/2 c Butter -- softened
3/4 c Granulated sugar
1 1/2 ts Lemon zest -- grated
2 lg Eggs
15 Purple plums -- halved &
Pitted
1 tb Fresh lemon juice
TOPPING
2 tb Granulated sugar
1/2 ts Ground cinnamon

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease bottom and
sides of a 9 or 10 inch springform pan.

2. Mix together flour, baking powder, and salt.

3. Beat together butter, sugar, and lemon zest at
medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a
time, beating well after each addition.

4. At low speed, beat flour mixture into butter
mixture. Spoon batter into prepared pan, spreading
evenly.

5. Arrange plum halves, skinsides up, on top of
batter. Sprinkle with lemon juice.

6. To prepare topping, mix together sugar and
cinnamon. Sprinkle over top of cake.

7. Bake cake until golden brown, 1 hour. Transfer
pan to a wire rack to cool slightly.

Recipe By : Great American Home Baking

From: Jean@mcc2.Sws.Uiuc.Edu (Jean Denndate: 16 Apr
1996 21:37:58 Gmt



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