Ingredients:
1 cup all-purpose flour1 teaspoon baking powder Large pinch of salt1 cup sugar, plus 1 tablespoon, (the latter used in topping) or more or less, depending on the tartness of your plums8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened2 large eggs12 purple plums, halved and pitted2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice, or more or less, depending on the tartness of your plums1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Method:
Heat the oven to 350°F.Sift the flour with the baking powder and salt, set aside.In your mixer, cream 1 cup sugar and the butter until light in color. Add the dry ingredients and then the eggs.Spoon the batter into an ungreased 9-inch springform pan.
Cover the top of the batter with the plum halves, skin side up. Mix the remaining sugar with the cinnamon; Sprinkle the plums with the lemon juice, using enough to adjust to the tartness of the fruit and then sprinkle the cinnamon sugar mixture over everything.
Bake the plum torte until the cake is golden and the plums are bubbly, 45 to 50 minutes. Cool on a rack, then unmold.
By Moveable Feasts.
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