PLUM CAKE 2 1/2 c. flour 1 rounded Tbsp. baking powder 1/2 c. sugar 1/2 c. butter or margarine 2 small eggs pinch of salt (if butter is not salted) plums Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, flour and salt; beat until mixture is smooth. This can also be mixed by rubbing butter into flour, beating eggs, sugar, salt, etc. for 2 minutes and making into a smooth dough. Dough can also be used for lining tartlet pans or as bottom dough for various fruit or nut slices. Roll out dough on lightly floured board and place on well-greased cookie sheet, pressing ends of dough against the sides of the cookie sheet. Cut plums in four and line up on dough skin-side down. Bake at 325 degrees for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Take out and sprinkle granulated sugar lightly over plums while hot. When using blueberries add 1 tablespoon cornstarch mixed in berries. After baking, sprinkle with sugar while hot, and if desired, a little cinnamon. This is a recipe from our database at Cookbooks On/Line! 1,000,000+ free recipes and free software at: http://www.cookbooks.com Accuracy is believed to be good, but is not guaranteed. This recipe posting is intended for personal use only. You can print a copy for yourself and/or your friends, but you cannot publish it or post it to any Internet or other public site without our permission. |