Name: Thermomix plum syrup cake
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 8-10
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 500g plums,halved,stones removed; 1 tsp vanilla paste; 40g raw sugar; juice of ½ lemon

Thermomix recipe:Plum syrup swirl cake.Kristoffer Paulsen

easyTime:30 mins - 1 hourServes:8-10

Not too sweet,and with wholesome almonds,this moist cake is a cinch in the Thermomix and makes the most of seasonal plums. First,make a plum syrup using the heating and stirring capacity of the Thermomix. Next,make a cake batter in one minute,flat,using the powerful blades.

Ingredients

For plum syrup

500g plums,halved,stones removed
1 tsp vanilla paste
40g raw sugar
juice of ½ lemon

For plum cake

120g raw sugar
200g natural almonds
200g unsalted butter,in 2cm cubes
3 eggs
100g wholemeal flour
2 tsp baking powder
pinch salt
6 plums,stones removed,halved

Method

For syrup
1. Place all ingredients into Thermomix bowl and cook for five minutes/100 degrees/speed 1.

2. Blend for 45 seconds/speed 9. Set aside to cool.
For cake
1. Preheat oven to 170C degrees. Grease and line a round spring-form cake tin (22-centimetre diameter).

2. Place the sugar and almonds into clean,dry Thermomix bowl and blitz for five seconds/speed 9. Add the butter,eggs,flour,baking powder and salt.

3. Mix for 50 seconds/speed 5. Scrape down and mix for another 10 seconds/speed 5.

4. Tip the mixture into the prepared cake tin. Pour over 1/4 cup plum syrup and swirl through with a skewer. Arrange halved plums on top (slice large plums into one-centimetre slices).
5. Place in the oven and bake for 40 minutes or until a skewer in the middle of the cake comes out clean.

6. Turn cake on to a rack to cool. Serve with extra plum syrup.
Tip: Leftover syrup is terrific with muesli and yoghurt,on pancakes or drizzled over crumpets. Plums can easily be replaced with pears when the season shifts.
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