French plums and hazelnut, this is a cake that really celebrates the season. Enjoy a slice with your mid-morning coffee or serve it warm for dessert. French plums include Reines-Claudes, Mirabelles, Quetsch plums, Ente plums, and many more besides. You can find many different colors for a rainbow cake!
Ingredients For
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1 handfull
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250 g
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100 g
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15 cl
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80 g
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x 2
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100 g
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100 g
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100 g
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Preparation
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Preheat the oven to 160 °C. Prepare the crumble: combine 100 g of flour, 100 g of brown sugar, 100 g of ground hazelnuts and 100 g of softened butter in a bowl. Combine the ingredients with your fingertips until you obtain a sandy crumble.
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Prepare the cake batter. Remove the pulp from the vanilla pod. Cut the plums into quarters.
3
In another bowl, whisk 2 eggs with the brown sugar. Add 15 cl of milk and the vanilla pulp, and mix. Add 90 g of melted butter. Add 250 g of sifted flour and ½ a sachet of baking powder. Mix vigorously and then add the plums. Gently fold them into the batter. Pour everything into a greased cake tin.
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Arrange the crumble mixture on top. Add a handful of crushed hazelnuts.
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Bake for about 1 hour at 160 °C. Check whether the cake is done by sticking the tip of the knife into the center.
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