Plum Cake with Cinnamon Streusel

From: Sandhills Farm to Table newsletter

Ingredients:
8-10 small red plums, very ripe
3/4 cup butter
1 1/2 cups light brown sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 cups yogurt
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp nutmeg
3 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp baking powder

Cinnamon Streusel
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup flour

Glaze
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1/4 cup milk
1-2 cups powdered sugar

Heat oven to 350 and grease a 9x13 baking pan. Halve and pit the plums. Cut into quarters. Cream the butter and sugar. Beat in the eggs until lightened and fluffy. Beat in the vanilla and yogurt. Sift in the nutmeg, flour, salt, baking soda and powder. Beat until smooth.

Pour half the batter into the pan and smooth it out. Stick half the plum quarters cut side down in a pattern. Pour the other half of the batter over the plums, and layer the rest of the plums on top.

Mix the butter, brown sugar, flour and cinnamon until crumbly and sprinkle over plums.

Bake for about 60 minutes or until a knife comes out clean. Let cool for 15 minutes.

Whisk the milk, lemon juice and sugar together until it is a thin but spreadable consistency. Drizzle over cake. Serve warm but not hot.

What I did differently from the recipe:
I didn't have plain yogurt (I assume that's what the recipe calls for) so I used vanilla yogurt of Brianna's. Trust me, it didn't matter.

What I'll do differently next time:
Nothing.

Verdict:
Thumbs up! I love dessert/breakfast items. Mine was a bit dry because I overcooked it by a few minutes but a microwave and butter fixed that problem right up! That was totally my fault; well, Brianna's fault really, but it's hard to mess this recipe up!

Printable version:

Ingredients:
8-10 small red plums, very ripe
3/4 cup butter
1 1/2 cups light brown sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 cups yogurt
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp nutmeg
3 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp baking powder

Cinnamon Streusel
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup flour

Glaze
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1/4 cup milk
1-2 cups powdered sugar

Heat oven to 350 and grease a 9x13 baking pan. Halve and pit the plums. Cut into quarters. Cream the butter and sugar. Beat in the eggs until lightened and fluffy. Beat in the vanilla and yogurt. Sift in the nutmeg, flour, salt, baking soda and powder. Beat until smooth.

Pour half the batter into the pan and smooth it out. Stick half the plum quarters cut side down in a pattern. Pour the other half of the batter over the plums, and layer the rest of the plums on top.

Mix the butter, brown sugar, flour and cinnamon until crumbly and sprinkle over plums.

Bake for about 60 minutes or until a knife comes out clean. Let cool for 15 minutes.

Whisk the milk, lemon juice and sugar together until it is a thin but spreadable consistency. Drizzle over cake. Serve warm but not hot.