Upside Down Plum Coffee Cake

5 from 17 votes

Upside Down Plum Coffee Cake

This plum coffee cake is a perfect tea time treat when you need something light, fruity and still elegant. The tart plums are softened and almost caramelized with brown sugar. The cake is a simple light soft crumb cake that compliments it perfectly.

Course Dessert

Cuisine Italian

Keyword cake, Coffee Cake, Plum coffee cake, plums, stone-fruits, summer

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes

Total Time 55 minutes

Servings servings

Calories 390kcal

Author Veena Azmanov

Cost $5

Equipment

Ingredients

For the Fruit Base

4 Plums medium-sized fresh
2 tbsp Brown sugar
2 tbsp White sugar
4 tbsp Unsalted butter

For the Cake

5 oz Unsalted butter (10 tbsp)
5 tbsp White sugar
5 tbsp Brown sugar
2 Eggs large
1 ¼ cup All purpose flour
1 tsp Baking powder
½ tsp Baking soda
¼ tsp Salt
½ cup Buttermilk
2 tsp Vanilla
½ tsp Pumpkin spice see substitute above

Metric - US customary

Instructions

Prepare Fruit Base

Split the plums in half, remove seed and cut each half into 4 (or six) slices.
Place soft butter and sugar in the baking pan - combine well.
Spread evenly on the bottom of the pan so you have a layer of butter /sugar
Arrange the slices of plums over the mixture.
Place in the fridge for five minutes while you prepare the cake batter.

Prepare cake batter

Preheat oven at 170 C/ 340 F
Ensure butter is soft room temperature
Add pumpkin spice, baking powder, baking soda and salt to the flour - mix well.
In a bowl cream butter and sugars until well blended.
Add eggs one at a time
Followed by the flour mixture and buttermilk.
Lastly, add the vanilla.

Bake

Pour cake batter gently over the plum slices in the cake pan.
Spread it evenly. Wiggle the pan gently so the batter sinks into between the slices.
Bake in the preheated oven for about 35 - 40 minutes until the skewer inserted comes out clean.
Cool on the baking rack for 5 minutes

Invert cake

This cake needs to be inverted while the melted sugar is still hot in the bottom of the pan.
Place a plate or serving platter on the cake pan - carefully hold the pan and plate steady while you flip the cake pan over
This is better done correctly, carefully and quickly by an adult only.
The cake is hot and the bottom caramelized sugar juices can cause severe burns if not done correctly.

Cool and serve

Once inverted let the cake cool completely.
This cake can be eaten warm or cold

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