Chocolate chip Black Doris plum cake recipe

Chocolate and plums are a match made in heaven with this gorgeous cake. Photo / Fresh Media

We’ve made this cake with rich, dark Black Doris plums, but it would work equally well with a golden-fleshed plum, or another stone fruit such as apricots or cherries. Using ground almonds in the batter gives it a wonderful texture.

Chocolate chip Black Doris plum cake

Makes 1 cake

Ingredients

500g Black Doris plums (or other stone fruit)

175g butter

1 cup brown sugar

3 eggs

1 cup self-raising flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 cup ground almonds

80g dark chocolate, chopped

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180C. Grease and line a 23cm springform cake tin.
2. Half the plums, discarding the stones. Set aside half of the plums for the top of the cake and roughly chop the remaining plums.
3. Place the butter and sugar in a large bowl and beat until light and fluffy. Beat the eggs in one at a time. Stir in the sifted flour and baking powder, then the ground almonds.
4. Fold the chopped chocolate and the chopped plums through the batter, then pour it into the prepared cake tin. Smooth the top of the batter with a spatula.
5. Gently press the remaining halved plums, cut-side-up into the batter.
6. Bake for 50-55 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted into the middle.
7. Let the cake cool for 10 minutes before removing from the tin.
8. Serve with some whipped cream or Greek yoghurt for a special morning or afternoon tea.

– fresh.co.nz