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Cherry and Plum Cake

Cuisine: Cake

Ingredients

  • ¾ cup spelt or whole wheat flour
  • ¾ cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ cup butter
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla or rum flavouring
  • 1 teaspoon grated lemon or orange peel
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 ½ cups fruit
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  • Streusel Topping:
  • ½ cup flour
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 4 tablespoons butter

Instructions

  • Mix flour, salt and baking powder together, set aside. Beat sugar and softened butter together until creamy.
  • Add half the flour, and then add eggs, vanilla and lemon peel. Gradually add the rest of the flour until a somewhat stiff batter is achieved. Spread batter evenly into a parchment lined, round, 10” spring form pan.
  • Slice cherries and prune plums in half and remove pit. Push fruit into cake batter as closely as possible to each other.
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  • To make the streusel topping – With fingertips rub together butter, sugar and flour until crumbly spread over top of cake.
  • Bake at 350°F for 45 minutes