8
45 mins
Upside Down Plum Cake
- 2 x 700g Goulburn Valley Whole Plums in Juice
- 175g butter, softened
- 1 cup (180g) brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup (250ml) Greek style vanilla yoghurt
- 1 cup (150g) self-raising flour
- 1 cup (120g) almond meal
- 8 sprigs fresh thyme
- 1/4 cup unsalted pistachios
- Preheat oven to 160°C (fan forced). Grease and line the base of a 6cm deep, 20cm round cake pan.
- Drain plums, reserving juice. Halve and deseed plums (Add any small pieces to plum juice).
- Melt 50g butter. Drizzle over pan base. Sprinkle ¼ cup brown sugar. Gently arrange plums cut side down to cover base.
- Beat remaining butter and sugar until pale. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time. Fold in combined flour and almond meal with yoghurt, until just combined.
- Spoon batter over plums in pan. Smooth surface. Bake for 1 hr 10 mins, until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Allow to cool for 15 mins.
- Simmer plum juices with 4 thyme sprigs in a small saucepan, for 6 mins, or until reduced. Strain and cool.
- Turn cake out onto serving plate. Drizzle with syrup. Serve with fresh thyme, pistachios and extra yoghurt.
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