How to make ITALIAN PLUM CAKE

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Watch how we make a light Italian plum cake! There’s 2 things you need to know about this recipe - the first thing is that it’s pronounced “ploom” not “plum” and secondly, there is actually no plum in the cake! The beautiful thing about this cake however, is that it is so versatile. You can add so many different ingredients - in our vlog you will see that we added Cherry Ripe because I love chocolate! But you could use fruit such as berries, coconut or even white chocolate.

Whether you’re feeling peckish during the morning, or you’re sitting in your backyard in the afternoon, this is the perfect snack to have with a cup of tea or a coffee!!

Make sure to send us photos of your beautiful creations…

Here is the recipe:

Ingredients:
200g plain flour
3 eggs
125g sweet vanilla yoghurt
115g sugar
Pinch of salt
90g butter
100g Cherry Ripe (or just milk chocolate)
10g icing sugar to serve
Optional: 10g sugar to sprinkle on top to caramelise

Method:
Before combining the ingredients, ensure that the yoghurt is at room temperature so that it mixes well with the other ingredients - setting it aside out of the fridge for 20 minutes will do the trick! Whisk eggs and yoghurt and add in sugar with a pinch of salt. Once the ingredients have been mixed well together, add the flour and whisk to combine. Add some chopped up chocolate (we chopped 2 x Cherry Ripe bars) and fold the mixture with a spoon/scraper to mix in the chocolate pieces.

Pour cake mixture into a baking tray. Cover a scraper in olive oil or butter and dip it in the middle of the mixture to create a small slit. This will open and create the classic plum cake shape while it is baking in the oven.

Bake for 20 minutes at 180 degrees and then reduce the heat to 160 degrees and bake for a further 20 minutes.

Allow the cake to cool down. We made a small “landing strip” by using foil, which we placed in the centre of the cake and then sprinkled icing sugar around it. This gave our cake some character!

We hope you try this lovely plum cake recipe!

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