120g butter, softened 1 tsp vanilla essence 2 large eggs 1 1/3 cups flour Pinch of salt 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 2/3 cup sour cream 250g (12 small plums), diced with stones removed CRUoBLE
Ingredients
120 g | Butter, softened |
1 tsp | Vanilla essence/extract |
2 | Eggs, large |
1 ⅓ cups | Standard flour |
1 pinch | Salt |
1 tsp | Baking powder |
1 tsp | Baking soda |
⅔ cup | Sour cream |
12 | Plums, small, diced and stones removed (Main) |
¾ cup | Caster sugar |
Crumble Topping
⅓ cup | Brown sugar, firmly packed |
1 Tbsp | Flour |
1 tsp | Cinnamon |
35 g | Butter, cubed |
⅓ cup | Walnuts, finely chopped |
Directions
- Heat oven to 180 deg;C (160 degC fan bake). Grease and dust with flour a 22cm ring tin. In a bowl, beat butter and sugar together until pale and creamy.
- Beat in vanilla and eggs, one at a time.
- Sift flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda together in a bowl. Stir half the flour mixture into the creamed butter and sugar.
- Stir in the sour cream, then stir in the remaining sifted flour.
- Finally, gently fold in the plums. Pour the cake mixture into the prepared tin. Bake for 25 minutes.
- Meanwhile, make the crumble mixture by placing brown sugar, flour cinnamon and butter in a bowl.
- Use your fingertips to rub the butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture is crumbly, then stir in the chopped walnuts.
- After 25 minutes, remove the cake from the oven and sprinkle with the crumble mixture.
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes more or until a skewer inserted in the cake comes out clean.
- Cool in tin on wire rack for 1 hour, then remove cake from mould. Slice to serve.