Plum and Almond Squares
This is the perfect recipe for using up any extra plums that you can’t quite manage to eat fast enough: you might be lucky enough to have a plum tree, or friends with plum trees. I got these in my vegetable box and having eaten quite a few, didn’t really have enough for a crumble and fancied something a bit different. It works as a dessert served warm, or cold as a piece of cake.
Essentially this is an upside down plum cake with almonds – what’s not to love!
I didn’t add any sugar to the plums so if you have a sweet tooth you will need to add some.
Recipe
Ingredients
300g plums
150g butter
150g soft brown sugar
2 eggs
100g SR flour
100g ground almonds
3 tablespoons crème fraîche
Method
Set the oven to 180ºC and grease and line a 20x25cm tin.
Put the plums into the tin and spread out evenly:
Layer the plums in the bottom of the tin
Cream the butter and sugar until pale and creamy.
Add the eggs, one by one and mix to incorporate.
Fold in the flour and ground almonds and mix in the crème fraîche.
Spoon the cake mixture into the tin and spread gently and evenly over the top of the plums.
Bake for around 35 -40 minutes but keep an eye on it towards the end as it may start to burn: cover with aluminium foil if necessary.
Remove from the oven when the sponge is firm to the touch and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Leave to cool in the tin for a while.
Turn out onto a cooling rack and carefully peel back the greaseproof paper, making sure the plums stay in place.
Large plum and almond square
Cut into squares when cool.
Small plum and almond square!
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Categories: Baking, Cakes, Desserts, Fruit, Fruit picking, Recipes
lovinghomemade 
Look yummy. Unfortunately no plums on the tree this year,but maybe I’ll buy some to make this.
You must have friends with some! Maybe you could swap some apples…
This looks incredibly delicious! I’ve never baked with plums before, but that moist fruity topping is enough to convince me! The combination with the almonds and brown sugar must be divine 🙂
I think it’s a good combination, thank you!
Looks delicious. And picked up some plums cheap from the shops. 🙂 Plums from your own tree are a million times better though. *sigh* maybe in a few years time. I’ll be giving this a go, but I think you could use most fruit as well.
Thanks very much for your comment – I’m sure most fruit would be just as good. I’d love a plum tree, maybe in a few years too!
Tasty! Reminds me of this yummy pudding that I make – you’ll find the recipe via the first link http://thehouseofjones.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/plum-sponge-pudding/
Jones x
These sound incredible!
looks lovely! I was just thinking this morning, that I was looking forward to plum season again.
That’s the best thing about the changing of the seasons – always something new to look forward to!