Simple Plum Cake

This simple plum cake was inspired by the classic plum torte from Marian Burros at The New York Times. Many people have given it a new twist, but mine has less sugar, and uses einkorn flour as well as a few other tweaks to make it so delicious. This cake freezes well, so make two! I have also used other seasonal fruit (4 cups berries, peaches, cherries) with equally successful results. Below, I ran out of plums so I added some blueberries too.

Simple Plum Cake

½ cup sugar

½ cup unsalted butter, softened

1 teaspoon vanilla

½ cup Einkorn flour

½ cup unbleached all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

2 eggs

Pinch of salt

8 plums, cut in eighths

Sugar and allspice for topping

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl, cream together the sugar, butter and vanilla.  Add the Einkorn flour, all-purpose flour, baking powder, eggs and salt, beat well. Spoon the batter into a 9” springform pan. Arrange the plums in a spiral pattern. Sprinkle with sugar and allspice. Bake for about 1 hour or until done.