Plum Crumble Cake

The recipe, step by step

A delicious and easy vegan plum crumble cake – a vanilla sponge with juicy cinnamon flavoured plums topped with crispy crumble.

I had almost forgotten about plum crumble cake until a recent trip to Germany. Thanks to my wife’s uncle I managed to pick a few plums from his tree over the weekend and thought I would have a go at making a vegan version this time.

The next day we headed over to the in-laws for lunch and no sooner had it been placed on the table it was all gone. I think it was a success 🙂

INGREDIENTS

For this recipe, all you need are these ingredients:

• Vanilla – I use Taylor & Colledge vanilla products, they add a delicious taste to your recipes and enhance the other ingredient flavours: pure vanilla extract, vanilla paste or vanilla pods.

• Salt – I highly recommend adding a good pinch of salt to your cakes. It might seem a bit weird, but it actually has the incredible ability to enhance sweetness, suppress bitterness, and elevate the flavour of all the ingredients, making your cake taste even better. It’s pretty crazy, the sodium in the salt sends signals to move glucose into your tongue’s sweet taste receptors, making the sweetness really pop. So, don’t be afraid to sprinkle a little salt – it’ll take your cakes to the next level!

WHAT VARIATIONS CAN I MAKE?

Fruits: This recipe works great with other fruits too. Try other stone fruits like apricots, peaches, gooseberries, and pears, or mix it up with apples and blackberries.

Oils: If you don’t like the sound of using oil then you can replace it with vegan butter or of course for those non-vegans’ regular butter also works.

NUTRITION

STORAGE AND FREEZING

This cake can be stored in an airtight container for 3-4 days. The crumble topping will become less crispy over time.

Freezing: This cake can be frozen but it will lose its crispiness.

EQUIPMENT SUGGESTIONS

• Earthenware Mixing Bowl Mason Cash, Cream 29 cm Chip Resistant.

I like the sturdiness of this bowl and its 4-litre capacity means I can use it for mixing just about everything in the kitchen. It is also microwave, freezer, and dishwasher safe.

• Mixing Bowls Set of 5, Stainless Steel Nesting Bowls with Airtight Lids, 3 Grater Attachments, Size 5, 3, 2, 1.5, 0.63 QT

These different size mixing bowls are really useful depending on the amount of food you are preparing. They also have airtight lids that fit snugly to seal and keep food fresh, great for using as dry storage bowls with lids. The plastic lid of the largest bowl has a removable centre, where one of 3 graters can be used for grating cheese or vegetables.

• Measuring Spoons Set, Magnetic Stainless Steel

These measuring spoons are really handy for getting the right measurements of those small ingredients. I also like the fact that they are magnetic, sticking together and narrow to fit into spice jars.

• Tala Performance, Loose Base Square Cake Tin, Professional Gauge Carbon Steel with Eclipse Non-Stick Coating, 23 cm x 23 cm / 9″ x 9″ Cake Pan; Cake Pan, Ideal for bakes and celebration cakes

A great size and good quality non-stick pan for all your traybakes, bars and brownies etc…

RECIPE TIPS

Use plums that are just ripe. If you use over ripe plums, they will just be a mush in the middle. Unless you like that 🙂

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