I love the taste of orange zest (and lemon zest) in a cake and it complemented this batter beautifully. I substituted cinnamon for the cardamom and used black plums that I had bought at the Farmers’ Market last weekend. Some plums were more juicy than others and they didn’t caramelize as much as I thought they would once the cake was baked. Although I couldn’t eat the plums, I sure could lick the bowl and the batter was delicious.
The consensus was that the cake turned out delicious! It is also an excellent cake to welcome the Autumn season. Next time I make this cake I will use fresh figs (those I can eat – YAY!) – if I can find any.
Thanks Michelle for choosing such a delicious cake recipe! You can find this recipe at Bake-En or on pages 40-41 of Dorie Greenspan’s ‘Baking: From My Home to Yours’. The TWD Bakers are serving their Dimply Plum Cake at Tuesdays with Dorie.
Allergic to stone fruit? Bummer! Glad you were able to make it for your family anyways. I totally agree that the batter was darn tasty!
Clara @ iheartfood4thought
This cake is has been on so many blogs lately and every time I see it I want to rush to the kitchen and bake it:) except…I don’t have plums in my fridge:) Your cake looks delicious! There was another blogger who added cocoa powder to the batter and I thought it was a good idea. Good job!
what an awful allergy to have! it’s great that you could nibble the cake around the plums, because it was tasty.
That’s not a fun allergy at all! But I agree, the batter was quite tasty. Figs sound like a wonderful variation, so you’ll have to let us know if they work.
You are so generous to make this for your family with your allergy! I hope they duly appreciated it.
sorry about your allergy 🙁 my brother in law has the same allergy, it stinks! hope you get to make this with the figs, or apples!
That is no fun being allergic to stone fruit. I bet your family really appreciated you baking this. It looks fantastic and I want to know how it turns out with the figs!
I’m glad you could at least enjoy the batter because, like you said, it was delicious!!
too bad its no longer plum season or i have tried this recipe !! this looks delicious!