This roasted plum cake will stay moist for several days due to the natural juices that come from roasting the stone fruit. I may adjust the recipe slightly if I make it again, but that does not detract from how good it was.
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It seems illogical, but you have to be in debt to have a good credit score. And if you don’t make use of your available credit, that could have a negative affect. I have one account that I use to keep my credit rating above average. I buy what I need from this particular group of stores and put it onto my account. The account offers two options. The first being 6 months interest free and the second, 12 months with interest. Of course, the company would like to do everything in its power to make you pay interest. When my statement arrives there is one block showing how much I have to pay, and another showing my installment. Now, logic would say that the two would be the same, but they aren’t.
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The total due payment is less that the installment, and is the default amount if you choose to pay online. So, if you pay this lesser amount, you would be in arrears and they could charge interest. And interest is charged not on the arrears amount, but on the total amount you owe them. It really irks me as to lesser informed people this could be very confusing. And it explains how people get into trouble when trying to use credit. I only make use of the offer as it works to my advantage. I can buy what I need, pay it off over 6 months, and not pay interest. And on the flipside my credit rating is maintained. Do you have accounts that you maintain only to keep your credit rating high?
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Roasted Plum Cake
Ingredients
- 8 plums
- 75 g coconut sugar
- 4 sprigs rosemary
- 400 g flour
- 25 g baking powder
- 200 g softened butter
- 265 g fructose
- 7.5 mls vanilla extract
- 360 g good quality cream cheese, divided
- 4 eggs
- 225 g milk
- icing sugar to dust (optional)
- whipped cream or ice cream to serve (optional)
Method
- Preheat the oven to 170° Celsius
- Cut your plums in half, twist to open and remove the stone if easy *
- Place into a lined 23cm round tin, cut side up, and sprinkle the coconut sugar over the tops
- Place the rosemary over the plums and put into the oven to bake for 40 minutes while you carry on with the recipe **
- Place the flour and baking powder anto a mixing bowl and gently whisk together
- Place the butter, fructose, vanilla and 180g of the cream cheese into a stand mixer bowl
- Cream until light and fluffy then add one egg at a time, beating well to combine, and scraping down the sides if necessary
- Add the flour 1 tablespoon at a time, with the motor running, until all incorporated
- Add the milk two tablespoons at a time, with the motor running, until all incorporated
- When the batter is nice and fluffy turn off the machine
- Remove the plums from the oven, discard the rosemary and if you have not done so already, remove the stones, being careful not to damage the fruit too much, or burn your fingers
- Cut the remaining cream cheese up into 2.5cm cubes and dot around the bottom of the tin, between the plums
- Spoon the batter into the tin and level off as best as you can
- Place into the oven and bake for an hour
- Cover the top loosely with tin foil and continue baking for 40 minutes
- Remove from the oven and leave to cool in the tin before turning out
- Serve plum side up, with a dusting of icing sugar if you want to, as well as fresh cream or ice cream if you need the extra indulgence
Notes
** I suggest you place your tin onto a baking tray if you have a loose bottomed tin as the liquid from the plums may leak out
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Interesting recipe — I have seen (and made) a number of plum cakes but never pre-cooking the plums. I wish we had plums now but our seasons are reversed.
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This was also a new method for me 🙂
it is strange that you have to use credit to get a good credit rating I like that option you have of paying over six months interest free. But you are right, some people are not informed about how credit works and how expensive it can be…
That is the scary part, that uneducated people get scammed by credit!
Hi Tandy, I know which store you are referring to here. I don’t buy anything on credit so have no credit record to speak of. Terence has a Woolies card but we pay it monthly.
I also pay my Woolies card monthly. And I only have an account to get the extra savings 🙂
I remember when we got dinged on our credit store for not having any installment loans. At this point I don’t care anymore :). Your cake reminded me I have some brandied plums to use up which I think would work nicely in this!
Please let me know how the brandied plums worked out?