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plum pound cake

Spiced Plum Pound Cake

Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 ½ cups Spelt flour
  • ¾ cup Coconut sugar
  • cup Raisins
  • 2 large eggs
  • 100g Unsalted butter
  • 1 ½ cups Chopped fresh plums
  • 1 Tbsp Marmalade
  • ¼ Cup Cocoa powder
  • ¼ Cup Dark rum or ¼ Cup - mild coffee (for a non-alcohlic version)
  • 1 Tsp Cinnamon
  • 1 Tsp Ground ginger
  • 1 Tsp Baking powder
  • ½ Tsp Baking soda
  • ¼ Tsp Salt
  • 1 tbsp thinly sliced almonds to garnish on top

Method
 

  1. Finely chop the plums and the raisins or process it in a food processor to break it into smaller pieces.
  2. Take the plums in a pan and add the coconut sugar.
  3. Place the pan on low heat and cook the plums until it turns tender.
  4. Take it off heat and add in the marmalade, cocoa powder, butter and the spices and mix with a spatula until it is evenly combined.
  5. In a mixing bowl and let it cool to room temperature.
  6. Crack one egg at a time into the bowl and mix until it is mixed evenly
  7. Add the rum or coffee and mix it thoroughly.
  8. Shift in the spelt flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into the bowl and mix until all the dry mixture is combined to form a uniform batter.
  9. Take out the batter in a greased and lined 8 inch loaf pan or into an 8 inch baking pan. Sprinkle the almond slices on top.
  10. Bake it in a preheated oven at 170 degrees Celsius for around 50-60 minutes, until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
  11. Let the cake cool to room temperature and enjoy!