A simple cake that uses fresh plums, which is ideal as dessert or afternoon tea cake. It's also a very good way of using those plums that might be getting too ripe! Heat oven to 180c or 160c for a fan ...

Autumn plums remind me of fall hikes with my German friend Elke Webb, who would produce a fresh-baked plum kuchen with coffee after a long hike. I am not sure which was better, the sweet crust with ...

Judyrae Kruse is taking some well-earned time off. Here is an encore column from March 2006. Monroe reader Mary Huber’s request a couple of months ago for a prune upside-down cake like the one her ...

Pineapple and upside down cake are so firmly paired in my culinary consciousness that it seemed a bit odd to make an upside down cake with plums- until I tasted the result. The sweet taste of fresh ...

8-10 fresh plums, half cup castor sugar, salt, crumble, one and a half maida, half cup brown sugar, two tsp castor sugar, one tsp cinnamon powder, one-fourth tsp nutmeg powder, half cup butter ...

Sicily draws admirers to its seas, sands and sites; Risa took the job seriously. She booked a villa, fully staffed, and stocked it with friends. They gazed at ruins, they crept through caves, they ...

Christmas is incomplete without plum cake, a rich fruitcake traditionally made with dried fruits, nuts, and spices, often soaked in alcohol. Its origins trace back to medieval England, evolving from a ...

While we love seeing fresh plums in our summertime pie, tart, and cake recipes, they’re not always the easiest ingredients to work with. With their thin skins and juicy flesh, peeling plums is a ...

Christmas and plum cake go hand in hand. Whether it's a readymade version bought weeks in advance, a homemade cake wrapped carefully for gifting, or that one cake you're saving "for later", most of us ...

This recipe is a simple teacake style with the plums placed on top of the mixture. The cake mix is quite firm to prevent the plums going to the base of the cake. Keep this cake in mind for other fruit ...