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Plum Cornmeal Cake

Course: Breakfast, Dessert
Author: GalleyPirate

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup (generous) finely ground cornmeal
  • 1 cup all-purpouse flour, plus a bit for pan preparation
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 pinch sea salt
  • 13 tablespoons butter softened
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 2 whole eggs
  • 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 4 plums pitted and quartered
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and lightly flour cake pan.
  • Mix dry ingredients (cornmeal, flour, baking powder and salt) together.
  • Beat butter and granulated sugar until pale yellow and fluffy. Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating between additions and scraping down sides of the bowl. Add whole eggs in same manner.
  • Mix in zest and vanilla; then mix in dry ingredients. Spread into pan. Press plum quarters halfway down into batter in non-overlapping pattern. Sprinkle brown sugar over the top.
  • Bake for about 45 minute until golden brown on top and a toothpick comes out of the center fairly clean. Cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then release (if using Springform) and cool as desired.