Tuesdays with Dorie: Flip-Over Plum Cake

September 27, 2011 at 12:01 am | Posted in breakfast things, cakes & tortes, groups, simple cakes, sweet things, tuesdays with dorie | 11 Comments
Tags: baking, breakfast, cake

Plums are one of the last tastes of summer fruit. Let’s not be too sad to see the summer go…instead, let’s celebrate with plum cake– Flip-Over Plum Cake. This is the world’s easier batter to throw together…a quick whisk and that’s it. It doesn’t even have any eggs. That was kind of a curveball, actually– I had to, like, quadruple check the recipe to make sure I wasn’t missing something. Scatter the plums over top and toss it in the oven. The plums magically turn into a sweet-tart jam layer on the bottom, and the bizarrely egg-less batter turns into delicious cake!

Dorie has this in the breakfast section, and it’s so tasty, I’m sure it would be a fabulous way to start the day, but a little whipped cream turns it into a perfectly lovely dessert, which is how we ate it over here. I’m betting it would also be great with peaches or nectarines, although I am partial to that intense plum-red color bleeding though.

For the recipe, see Baking: From My Home to Yours by Dorie Greenspan or read Project Domestication, as it was Becky’s pick this week. Don’t forget to check out the TWD Blogroll!

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Looks great! My family loved this one, too!

Comment by Cristine— September 27, 2011 #

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This was good. I love your photo with the red plum juice showing through – it looks totally luscious.

Comment by Cakelaw— September 27, 2011 #

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i simply adore this photo. the colors, the flipped text, it looks wonderful. I couldn’t do twd this week – traveling in NY! great job though 🙂

Tia @ Buttercreambarbie

Comment by tia @ buttercreambarbie— September 27, 2011 #

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Yours looks great in the round pan! I’ve had a couple of recipes lately where it’s so simple I’m thinking I messed it up, but this one was just super easy.

Comment by Nicole— September 27, 2011 #

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I had never cooked with plums. What a delicious dessert/breakfast. I’ll make it again, soon.

Comment by cindy— September 27, 2011 #

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I agree with you it would be fun to try other fruits in this fab.cake! Yours looks tasty! I loved how the butter made the edges so crispy! This is a perfect fall treat and YES a great way to celebrate fall!!

Comment by Flourchild— September 27, 2011 #

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Yum this sounds great (and your photo is awesome!)

Comment by rachel— September 27, 2011 #

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Great shot of a not so photogenic dessert!

Comment by nicmarsh— September 28, 2011 #

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Looks lovely … and you are right it is an awesome way to say good bye to summers 🙂

Comment by Saira— September 28, 2011 #

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Oh why didn’t I make this? Yours looks so delicious!

Comment by Jill— September 30, 2011 #

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This looks amazing!

Comment by holidaybakerman— October 2, 2011 #

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