Ingredients

The following ingredients have 10 Servings
  • 275 g/1 1/3 cup farmer's cheese or ricotta cheese
  • 1 egg
  • 3 tbs demerara sugar
  • 1 tsp almond extract
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 eggs
  • 175 g/ 2/3 cup butter (softened)
  • 175 g/1 cup demerara sugar
  • 200 g/ 1 1/3 cups flour
  • 2 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 8 plums (pitted and quartered)

Instruction

  • Preheat oven to 180C/350F. Grease and line a 28cm X 18cm (11"X 7") rectangular pan with parchment paper, making sure paper is coming up higher than the sides of the pan. You can use a 9" round pan if you can't find a suitable rectangular one.
  • For the cheese filling, fix farmer's cheese with an egg, sugar, almond and vanilla extract, push it through a fine sieve to smooth it out a bit, the cheese mixture will remain slightly grainy, set aside.
  • For the sponge, in a mixing bowl combine eggs, butter, sugar, sifted flour, baking powder and vanilla extract and beat for 2 minutes until well combined. The batter should be light in consistency.
  • On a lined baking sheet spread the batter and then spoon the cheese mixture on top of it, then carefully swirl the cheese mixture with a knife.
  • Scatter plums all over the cake.
  • Bake in the oven for 45 minutes or until the cake tester comes out clean.
  • Cool and cut in squares. Serve dusted with powdered sugar if desired.