I added some lemon zest and vanilla and topped with the crumb topping. So very good and easy too. Baked in a 9inch round pan with parchment on the bottom. Not too difficult to coax out. My springform was too big for the amount of dough.
Plum Torte
from Cooking for Comfort by Marian Burros JadaOre
3/4 cup granulated sugar plus 1 or 2 Tbsp
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour, sifted
1 tsp baking powder
2 eggs
pinch salt
24 halves pitted Italian (aka prune or purple)(pluots cut into sixths and fanned out) plums
1 tsp cinnamon
vanilla ice cream - optional
Arrange a rack in the lower third of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350.
In an electric mixer, cream the 3/4 cup sugar and butter. Add the flour, baking powder, eggs and salt and beat to mix well.
Place in a 9 or 10" ungreased (I lightly oil) springform pan. Cover the top with the plums skin side down. Mix the cinnamon with the 1 or 2 Tbsp sugar and sprinkle over the top.
Bake for 40 to 50 min or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool to rm temp or serve warm with ice cream.
Note from recipe author: Torte may be frozen for several months, if well-wrapped. To serve, return to rm temp and reheat in oven at 300 till warm.
Note from Jada: If I'm in the mood for crumbles, I add this topping. Just omit the cinn and sugar topping called for in torte recipe and sprinkle this on top of the fruit instead.
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 1/4 cup flour
1+ tsp cinnamon
1 cube butter, melted
Mix first three ingredients, add melted butter, sprinkle whatever you can resist eating on top of the fruit and bake as directed.
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Plum Torte
from Cooking for Comfort by Marian Burros JadaOre
3/4 cup granulated sugar plus 1 or 2 Tbsp
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour, sifted
1 tsp baking powder
2 eggs
pinch salt
24 halves pitted Italian (aka prune or purple)(pluots cut into sixths and fanned out) plums
1 tsp cinnamon
vanilla ice cream - optional
Arrange a rack in the lower third of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350.
In an electric mixer, cream the 3/4 cup sugar and butter. Add the flour, baking powder, eggs and salt and beat to mix well.
Place in a 9 or 10" ungreased (I lightly oil) springform pan. Cover the top with the plums skin side down. Mix the cinnamon with the 1 or 2 Tbsp sugar and sprinkle over the top.
Bake for 40 to 50 min or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool to rm temp or serve warm with ice cream.
Note from recipe author: Torte may be frozen for several months, if well-wrapped. To serve, return to rm temp and reheat in oven at 300 till warm.
Note from Jada: If I'm in the mood for crumbles, I add this topping. Just omit the cinn and sugar topping called for in torte recipe and sprinkle this on top of the fruit instead.
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 1/4 cup flour
1+ tsp cinnamon
1 cube butter, melted
Mix first three ingredients, add melted butter, sprinkle whatever you can resist eating on top of the fruit and bake as directed.
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