Plum Crumbcake

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2/3 cup softened butter or 2/3 cup margarine
• 2/3 cup granulated sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 1/2 lbs plums, halved and pitted
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2/3 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 6 tablespoons cold butter, cut into pieces

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 for the topping, combine 1 cup flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon in a bowl.
• 3 add the cold butter and cut into the dry ingredients with a pastry blender until crumbly.
• 4 set aside.
• 5 grease a 10-inch springform pan.
• 6 cream the soft butter and granulated sugar until light and fluffy.
• 7 beat in the eggs, 1 at a time.
• 8 stir in the vanilla.
• 9 in a bowl, sift together 1-1/4 cups flour and the baking powder, then fold into the butter mixture in 3 batches.
• 10 pour the batter into the pan.
• 11 arrange the plums on top.
• 12 sprinkle the topping over the plums in an even layer.
• 13 bake until a cake tester inserted in the centre come out clean, about 45 minutes.
• 14 let cool in the pan.
• 15 to serve, loosen the edge of the springform and invert the cake onto a plate.
• 16 invert again onto a serving plate so that the topping is right-side up.