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Preparing time: 15 min
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Bake time: 60 min
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Ingredients
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Method
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1 tsp unsalted butter
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Preheat the oven to 180ºC, gas mark 6.
Line a round cake tin with baking paper and butter the bottom and the walls.
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900 g ripe plums as Damson Plums, Italian Prune Plums, Hungarian Plums
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Remove the stones from the plums.
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200 g unsalted butter
180 g icing sugar
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Put the butter and icing sugar in a bowl of the standing mixer equipped with the paddle attachment. Beat until the mixture is fluffy.
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4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
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Lower the speed. Break each egg into a small bowl and pour into batter, one egg at a time. Pour the vanilla extract.
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250 g flour
1 tsp baking powder
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Combine the flour and baking powder and sieve them. Add both to the mixture, spoon by spoon until you get smooth, shiny and well-mixed batter.
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Pour the batter into the round cake tin and spread evenly.
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Push the plums into the batter crowding them in the tin.
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Bake in the oven for 1 hour, or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the centre of the cake.
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Leave to cool at least one hour then sprinkle with icing sugar before serving in slices.
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