Get ready to excite your taste buds with this lush and flavourful Plum Upside Down Cake. A slice of this with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and I’m in heaveeeen!
Method
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Preheat oven to 160C fan forced, line the sides and base of a 23cm tin.
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Mix sugar and ground cardamom together, sprinkle on the base of the cake tin, place the plum halves cut side down in a circle on top of the sugar until the base is covered.
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Place butter and sugar in a bowl and mix with an electric beater until pale. Add the eggs beating in one at a time, mix in zest and vanilla.
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Fold through almond meal, polenta and baking powder until combined. Spoon batter over the plums evenly and cook for 1 hour.
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Mix together mascarpone, zest, juice and icing sugar. Turn the cake out onto a plate plum side up. Serve warm or cooled with mascarpone.
Recipe Hints and Tips:
- Plum Upside Down Cake is best served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream - or any flavour, really!
