Original Plum Torte

🥘 Ingredients

• baking powder
  1 teaspoon
• butter (unsalted, softened)
  1/2 cup
• eggs
  2
• flour (unbleached, sifted)
  1 cup
• plum (halves pitted purple)
  24
• salt (pinch of) (optional)
• sugar (lemon juice and cinnamon, for topping)
  3/4-1 cup

🍳 Cookware

• bowl
• springform pan

1. 1

   Heat oven to 350 degrees.
2. 2

   Cream the sugar and butter in a bowl . Add the flour , baking powder , salt and eggs and beat well.

   sugar: 3/4-1 cup, butter: 1/2 cup (unsalted, softened), flour: 1 cup (unbleached, sifted), baking powder: 1 teaspoon, salt (pinch of), eggs: 2
3. 3

   Spoon the batter into a springform pan of 8, 9 or 10 inches. Place the plum halves skin side up on top of the batter. Sprinkle lightly with sugar and lemon juice, depending on the sweetness of the fruit. Sprinkle with about 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, depending on how much you like cinnamon.

   plum: 24 (halves pitted purple), sugar (lemon juice and cinnamon, for topping)
4. 4

   Bake ⏱️ 1 hour , approximately. Remove and cool; refrigerate or freeze if desired. Or cool to lukewarm and serve plain or with whipped cream. (To serve a torte that was frozen, defrost and reheat it briefly at 300 degrees.)
5. 📝

   Nutrition: Trans Fat: 0 grams Fat: 13 grams Calories: 350 Saturated Fat: 8 grams Unsaturated Fat: 4 grams Sodium: 63 milligrams Sugar: 42 grams Fiber: 3 grams Carbohydrate: 57 grams Protein: 4 grams