Plum Baby Cake – anna olson

Ingredients

 1/2 cup butter

 1/2 cup sugar
 5 tablespoons light brown sugar (2 tbsp + 3 tbsp for sprinkling)
 2 eggs
 2 teaspoons orange zest
 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
 1/4 cup buttermilk
 1 cup all purpose flour
 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
 1/4 teaspoon salt
 4 black or red plums, each sliced into 6 wedges

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350° F. Cream butter with sugar and 2 Tbsp brown sugar until fluffy.
Beat in eggs, orange zest and vanilla. Stir in buttermilk. In a separate bowl, sift
together flour, baking soda and salt. Add flour to butter mixture and incorporate.
Spoon batter evenly between 12 greased muffin cups. Place 2 plum wedges in the
centre of each cake and press gently, so as not to press plum all the way to the bottom
of tin. Sprinkle tops of plums with remaining 3 Tbsp brown sugar and bake for 15 to
20 minutes, until cake is golden brown around the plum. Cool for 10 minutes before
removing from tin.