Ingredients
The following ingredients have 12 Servings
- 150 grams butter (softened)
- 150 grams brown sugar
- 3 large free-range eggs
- 75 grams self-raising flour
- 100 grams ground almonds
- 50 grams walnuts (or mixed nuts (chopped))
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 5-10 plums (stoned and halved/quartered)
Instruction
- Preheat the oven to 180 C/ 160 C fan and lightly grease and line an 8-inch square or 9-inch round cake tin.
- Beat the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well between each addition.
- Sieve the flour on top of this mixture and fold in lightly.
- Fold in the ground almonds, the almond extract and the chopped walnuts (or mixed nuts).
- Spoon the mixture into the prepared cake tin and arrange the quartered plums over the top. These will sink into the cake as it cooks.
- Bake for 40 - 45 minutes and then test with a skewer.
- Remove the cake from the oven and leave it to cool in the tin for 15 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- Store in an airtight container.
