Lighter plum and almond traybake

Name: Lighter plum and almond traybake
Yield: Serves 16
Cuisine: British recipes
Ingredients: 100g unsalted butter, softened; 100g golden caster sugar; 155g jar apple sauce (we used Colman’s Bramley Apple Sauce); 4 large free-range eggs; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 150g ground almonds; 100g wholemeal flour; ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda; 1 tsp baking powder; ¼ tsp fine sea salt; 12 plums, 5 chopped, 7 cut into halves and quarters; Clear honey for drizzling; 25g toasted flaked almonds; You’ll also need…; 20cm x 30cm cake tin, greased and lined with baking paper

Easy
September 2018

Easy
September 2018

Serves 16
Hands-on time 10 min, oven time 30-35 min, plus cooling

Your sweet treat with a cuppa just got more saintly with this moist and fruity almond and plum cake. How did we do it? We cut down on the butter and sugar and added apple sauce for sweetness and extra texture.

Nutrition: per serving

Calories: 210kcals
Fat: 12.8g (4.1g saturated)
Protein: 5.7g
Carbohydrates: 17.4g (12.6g sugars)
Fibre: 1.3g
Salt: 0.2g

Nutrition: per serving

Calories: 210kcals
Fat: 12.8g (4.1g saturated)
Protein: 5.7g
Carbohydrates: 17.4g (12.6g sugars)
Fibre: 1.3g
Salt: 0.2g

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Ingredients

100g unsalted butter, softened
100g golden caster sugar
155g jar apple sauce (we used Colman’s Bramley Apple Sauce)
4 large free-range eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
150g ground almonds
100g wholemeal flour
¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp baking powder
¼ tsp fine sea salt
12 plums, 5 chopped, 7 cut into halves and quarters
Clear honey for drizzling
25g toasted flaked almonds

You’ll also need…

20cm x 30cm cake tin, greased and lined with baking paper

100g unsalted butter, softened
100g golden caster sugar
155g jar apple sauce (we used Colman’s Bramley Apple Sauce)
4 large free-range eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
150g ground almonds
100g wholemeal flour
¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp baking powder
¼ tsp fine sea salt
12 plums, 5 chopped, 7 cut into halves and quarters
Clear honey for drizzling
25g toasted flaked almonds

You’ll also need…

20cm x 30cm cake tin, greased and lined with baking paper

Method

Heat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan/gas 4. Using an electric hand mixer, whisk the butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl until pale and fluffy. In a jug, use a fork to beat the apple sauce with the eggs and vanilla extract until just combined. In a bowl, mix the ground almonds, flour, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder and salt.
Whisk one-third of the egg mix into the butter and sugar until just combined, followed by one third of the dry ingredients. Repeat until all the wet and dry ingredients have been added. Fold in the chopped plums using a large metal spoon, then pour the mixture into the cake tin and level the top with a spatula. Arrange the plum halves/quarters on top of the mixture, then bake for 30-35 minutes until risen and golden.
Put the cake in its tin on a wire rack to cool, then transfer from the tin to a board, drizzle with honey and scatter with flaked almonds to serve.

Method

Heat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan/gas 4. Using an electric hand mixer, whisk the butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl until pale and fluffy. In a jug, use a fork to beat the apple sauce with the eggs and vanilla extract until just combined. In a bowl, mix the ground almonds, flour, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder and salt.
Whisk one-third of the egg mix into the butter and sugar until just combined, followed by one third of the dry ingredients. Repeat until all the wet and dry ingredients have been added. Fold in the chopped plums using a large metal spoon, then pour the mixture into the cake tin and level the top with a spatula. Arrange the plum halves/quarters on top of the mixture, then bake for 30-35 minutes until risen and golden.
Put the cake in its tin on a wire rack to cool, then transfer from the tin to a board, drizzle with honey and scatter with flaked almonds to serve.