It's the plum cake. It's back, and so heartbreakingly lovely I might cry. This is called Mieze's Plum Cake, I don't know who Mieze is, but she's friends with Stephanie Alexander and that's good enough for me. The cake is lovely and buttery and moist. The plum are caramelised on top and, WARNING, so piquant and divine you may well swoon if you come within 2 metres of the cake. As always I am happy to post the recipe, which is extremely easy! Delightfully so. Mieze's Plum Cake Ingred - a - ments 180g softened butter 150g castor sugar 135g plain flour 135g self-raising flour pinch of salt 2 large eggs, lightly beaten 70ml milk 1/2 cup ground almonds (or fresh breadcrumbs) 10-12 ripe blood plums, halved and stoned Topping 60g butter 1/2 cup castor sugar 2 tsp ground cinnamon 2 large eggs Preheat oven to 200C and lightly grease a 26cm springform tin. (I used a silicone 23cm "tin" which was fine, I just made sure to line i...
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