Skill required: Confident Baker
1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup ground almonds
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup safflower or canola oil
1/2 cup whole milk plain yogurt
1/4 cup orange juice
1 tablespoon orange zest (the outer orange skin - rind - of the orange)
1 large egg
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 cup granulated white sugar
7 - 8 Italian prune plums, halved and pitted (can also use 4 - 5 red plums)
Garnish: 2 tablespoons coarse brown sugar
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F and place rack in center of oven.
2. Butter and flour one - 8 inch spring form pan. Line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, stir or whisk together flour, ground almonds, baking powder and salt.
4. In another large bowl, stir or whisk together oil, yogurt, orange juice and zest, egg, and vanilla extract.
5. Stir in the sugar.
6. Add the wet ingredients to the flour mixture.
7. Stir until just combined.
8. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and evenly arrange the halved plums on top of the batter, flesh side facing up.
9. Sprinkle with the 1 1/2 tablespoons brown sugar.
10.Bake in preheated oven for 35 - 45 minutes or until a sharp knife inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Remove from oven and place on a wire rack to cool.
Yield: one - 8 inch cake.
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