I was absolutely thrilled with this week's pick. This is exactly the type of recipe I love to make and the type of cake I love to eat! I'm also a big fan of fruity desserts and cakes in general so a big thank you to Michelle of Bake-en who chose Dorie's Dimply Plum Cake!Unfortunately it's not stone fruit season here in Australia so I had to make do with tinned plums instead. They worked surprisingly well but were a little mushier than I had hoped.
The taste test ...
Fabulous! I baked mine the day before we were going to eat it. This type of cake tends to keep well and actually taste better the next day anyway. It was moist and buttery and gently flavoured with orange and cardamom. I can see myself making this cake often, just switching around the fruits and flavourings. I will definitely be trying it with fresh fruit come Christmas time. I think nectarines would be brilliant.
We had this as part of an afternoon tea for family and it got a big thumbs up from all the tasters. The other treats were chicken sandwiches (with the crusts cut off because otherwise it's not proper afternoon tea food just lunch!), an apple and cinnamon bun and this month's daring bakers challenge which I will be posting about next weekend. Overall a wonderful spread!
Next week - I'm so excited I can hardly type! - Creme brulee!!!
Lucky you to have something to bring it to! I agree - this was much better the second day, and a nice change of pace from the past few TWD picks.
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed it so much!! It looks wonderful.
ReplyDeleteIt was a great cake and very photogenic!
ReplyDeleteactually, the tinned plums may have worked better; my cooked plums weren't as soft as i'd have liked.
ReplyDeleteWow - that spread looks amazing! your guests must have been thrilled :-) I'm also looking forward to the creme brulee because I've never made it before - should be interesting!
ReplyDeletethe plum cake looks great. all those desserts look even better!
ReplyDeleteSo glad this was one of your faves. I can also see swapping the fruit around for other seasonal delights.
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice snack for an afternoon tea! Great job!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea for a tea cake! Look how beautiful your whole tea set-up looks...what a treat that would have been!
ReplyDeleteVery nice looking spread. I'm glad the canned plums worked out for you.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely picture of the tea tray! Glad you liked this cake. I also found the fresh plums were undercooked.
ReplyDeleteglad you enjoyed this one. your cake is beautiful. i found the crumb too dry, personally
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