Plum upside-down cake
- Portion size: Serves 8
- Hands-on time 20 min. Oven time 45 min.
- Difficulty: easy
This plum upside cake is fragrant with thyme-infused honey, while ground hazelnuts in add a touch of earthiness. It’s the perfect bake to usher in autumn.
Fancy another plum bake? Try our gloriously sticky plum and custard cake.
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Ingredients
- 125g unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus extra to grease
- 250g caster sugar
- 50g runny honey
- 6 thyme sprigs
- 1 tsp salt
- 8 plums, halved and pitted
- 2 medium free-range eggs
- 100g plain flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 75g toasted hazelnuts, whizzed into a powder
- Crème fraîche to serve
You’ll also need
- 23cm cake tin
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Method
- Heat the oven to 180ºC fan/ gas 6. Grease the cake tin with butter and line the base and sides with baking paper. Put 150g of the sugar in a pan over a low-medium heat to melt, swirling the pan instead of stirring. Once it begins to turn golden, add the honey, 3 of the thyme sprigs and the salt. Remove from the heat, allow to cool slightly, then pour into the lined cake tin. Move the thyme sprigs into the centre of the tin. Arrange the halved plums, cut-side down, in a single layer on top (chop one or two, if needed, to fill in gaps and cover the base).
- Beat the 125g butter with the remaining sugar until pale and creamy, then add the eggs one at a time, beating the first into the mixture before adding the next. Sift together the flour and baking powder, then gently fold in with the hazelnuts using a balloon whisk. Strip the leaves off the remaining thyme sprigs and fold those through too. Pour the mix over the plums, smooth the top, then bake in the oven for 45-50 minutes until a skewer pushed into the centre comes out clean.
- Leave to cool for 5 minutes, then carefully invert the cake onto a plate. Peel away the baking paper, then cool for 5 minutes before slicing.
Nutrition
- 412kcals Calories
- 20.4g (9g saturated) Fat
- 5.2g Protein
- 50.8g (40.9g sugars) Carbs
- 2.3g Fibre
- 0.8g Salt
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Reviews
I’ve made this twice, second time I made more batter and more of the sugar crust. Also, beware that the Plums start to drip out the bottom⚠️ Very tasty recipe
Temperature to bake?
Hi Sarah, we are sorry the temperature was missing here! We’ve now added it in, it’s 180ºC fan/ gas 6. Happy baking.
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