Name: Plum Cardamom Cake
Yield: Serves 8 to 10
Ingredients: 1½ cups cake flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder; ¾ teaspoon ground cardamom; ¼ teaspoon salt; 8 ounces (2 sticks) sweet butter; 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar; 2 large eggs; 1 recipe Vanilla Custard Sauce; 2 ounces (½ stick) soft sweet butter; 1 cup sugar; ½ cup plus 1 tablespoon milk; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation info

Serves
8 to 10

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Stars Desserts

By Emily Luchetti

Published 1993

About

One may not think of using cardamom (either yellow or green) in the context of desserts, but its influence on plums will convert you forever.

Ingredients

Plum Syrup

8 ounces (2 sticks) sweet butter
1 cup firmly packed brown suga

Method

To make the plum syrup

Melt the butter in a small saucepot.

Remove it from the stove and stir in the brown sugar. Pour the syrup into the bottom of the cake pan. Cover the syrup with the sliced plums. Set aside.