Blood Plum Torte

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 cup of plain flour

  all purpose
• 1 tsp of baking powder
• large pinch of salt
• 1 cup of sugar

  plus 1 tablespoon extra for the topping
• 115 grams of butter

  at room temperature
• 2 large eggs
• 12 blood plums

  halved and pitted
• 2 tsp of fresh lemon juice

Instructions

• 1 Preheat the oven to 180 and grease a 22cm spring form tin.
• 2 Cream the butter and sugar until light and creamy. Add the eggs and sift in the
  flour and baking powder and mix to combine.
• 3 Spoon the batter into the spring form pan and smooth on top, covering with the
  plums. Sprinkle the plums with the lemon juice and the extra sugar.
• 4 Bake for 45 to 50 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted into the middle comes
  out cleanly. Cool in the tin for 10 minutes before removing.

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