Baking

Plum and blueberry crumble cake

Cake or crumble? Why choose?
PLUM AND BLUEBERRY Crumble Cake

Time for a treat

12
2H

You can’t beat an old-fashioned dessert like this delicious crumble cake, starring juicy plum and sweet blueberries.

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Ingredients

Spiced crumble topping

Method

1.Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F. Grease a deep 22cm (9-inch) springform pan; line base and side with baking paper.
2.Beat butter and sugar in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Transfer mixture to a large bowl; fold in sifted flours and milk, in two batches. Spread mixture into pan.
3.To make spiced crumble topping, blend or process ingredients until combined.
4.Halve plums; discard seeds. Place plums and blueberries on cake mixture. Sprinkle crumble topping over fruit.
5.Bake cake about 1½ hours (cover cake with foil if browning too quickly). Stand in pan 10 minutes; remove from pan, transfer to a wire rack to cool.
6.Serve cake, warm or at room temperature, dusted with sifted icing sugar.

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