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Ingredients
10 tablespoons sweet butter, at room temperature
1 cup light-brown sugar
2 eggs
1 cup flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 ½ pounds Italian ''prune'' plums, pitted and sliced
Confectioners' sugar
¾ cup heavy cream, whipped
Preparation
- Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a nine-inch springform pan.
- Step 2
Cream eight tablespoons of the butter with three-fourths cup of the sugar until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time and beat well.
- Step 3
Sift flour, baking powder and salt together. Add to batter, stirring lightly, and stir in vanilla.
- Step 4
Spread batter in prepared pan and arrange sliced plums on top. Sprinkle with remaining sugar and dot with remaining butter.
- Step 5
Bake one hour. Cool slightly before removing sides of pan. Dust with confectioners' sugar. Serve warm or cool with whipped cream.
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