{"id":45899,"date":"2025-09-15T07:12:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T11:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=45899"},"modified":"2025-09-15T07:12:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T11:12:30","slug":"autumn-plum-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/09\/15\/autumn-plum-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Autumn Plum Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45900\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/09\/15\/autumn-plum-cake\/plumcake-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PlumCake.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"PlumCake\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PlumCake.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PlumCake.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PlumCake.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PlumCake.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PlumCake.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I bought a half dozen, lovely Italian plums in the market over the weekend and baked this cake. It&#8217;s a one bowl, brown sugar batter flavored with orange zest, vanilla, and a touch of cinnamon, then topped off with plum halves. This would make a good dessert at Thanksgiving, as an alternative to pies. <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>5 tablespoons butter, room temperature<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 cup light brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 large eggs<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 cup vegetable oil<\/li>\n<li>zest of 1 orange<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 teaspoons vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoon baking powder<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon kosher salt<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups flour<\/li>\n<li>5 &#8211; 6 plums<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Grease and flour an 8&#8243; x 8&#8243; pan. Preheat oven to 350\u00ba.<\/li>\n<li>In a large bowl, beat butter for 3 minutes, add brown sugar and beat for an additional 3 minutes. add eggs one at a time.<\/li>\n<li>Beat in oil, zest, and vanilla.<\/li>\n<li>Sprinkle in baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Mix in flour until just incorporated.<\/li>\n<li>Pour batter in prepared pan, smooth with a rubber spatula. Arrange plum halves cut side up, pressing slightly down into batter.<\/li>\n<li>Bake for 35 to 45 minutes, testing with a toothpick. Let cool in pan on a wire rack for 30 minutes, then remove cake and place on a plate.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I bought a half dozen, lovely Italian plums in the market over the weekend and baked this cake. It&#8217;s a one bowl, brown sugar batter flavored with orange zest, vanilla, and a touch of cinnamon, then topped off with plum &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/09\/15\/autumn-plum-cake\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1238],"tags":[97,3187,4754],"class_list":["post-45899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovin-from-the-oven","tag-baking","tag-cakes","tag-plums"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-bWj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38829,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2022\/09\/12\/plum-cake\/","url_meta":{"origin":45899,"position":0},"title":"Plum Cake","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"September 12, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The temperatures are beginning to drop a little, which means that fall will be here before you know it. 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