Plum crumble cake

Still no finances for my planned plum surprise. however, as it is a plum season, my mom had her own way with a plum cake and let me share her recipe. I've tried my best to substitute her "finger width of butter" and "just enough plums" with real numbers based on some serious scientific calculation and observation, but since it's a pretty simple cake to bake, the amounts aren't as strict as with more complex cakes.

My mom bakes this cake in remoska (look here if you're interested http://www.remoska.co.uk/, remoska is the best thing since... umm... microwave oven?) but I'm quite sure you can make it in a standard oven.


Plum crumble cake:
for the cake you will need:

• at least 20 plums
• 25g butter
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 6 heaping tablespoons of all-purpose flour
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• oil to grease the pan

for the crumbs, you will need:

• a spoonful of butter
• 1 to 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees C, grease a round cake pan with oil
2. Mix butter, sugar and flour together with your fingers to create crumbs, leave aside.
3. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together until fluffy. Add an egg and incorporate it well. 
4. In a different bowl, mix flour and the baking powder and add it to the batter. If the mixture is too thin, add more flour :)
5. Pour the batter in the pan and pat the surface lightly with a wet spatula. Cut the plums in half and put them on the surface with the cut side up or they will bloat and stuff.
6. Bake for about 20 minutes or until the sides rise and get pink (according to my mom, they get pink)