Upside down plum cake
August 14th, 2007 @ 7:26As I’ve told you before, we’re slowly veganizing our life. It’s going well! I’d say that about 90% of all the foods we consume at home are vegan and we’re trying our best when eating out as well. My friends are catching on and are trying to feed me vegan food when we see each other. A couple of days ago two friends and I had dinner together to discuss life, men and our upcoming trip to a theme park. They made the main course and I made the dessert.
Everywhere I look now people are making upside down cakes. I didn’t want to be any worse than them (and also I still have loads and loads of plums) so I made us an upside down plum cake. It was delicious! We ate it with ice cream (not vegan) and everyone agreed that I am a baking genius (goooooo me!). The recipe is adapted from one a found here.
Upside down plum cake:
- 10-20 plums (depending on the size, you want to cover the bottom of your cake tin)
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 250 ml (1 cup) flour
- 3 tbsp soy flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 160 ml (2/3 cup) soy milk
- orgran no egg replacer 2 whites (2 tsp egg replacer and 2 tbsp water)
- 80 ml (1/3 cup) golden syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla extract (or if you’re Swedish, you use the powdered version and put it in with the dry ingredients)
Heat the oven to 175C (350F). Rinse the plums, cut them in halves and remove the pith. Cover the bottom of a cake tin (one with removable sides) (22cm/9in) with plums. Take them out again and sprinkle them with brown sugar. Let sit for a while. Spray the cake tin with non stick oil.
Combine flour, soy flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl and stir them. In another bowl whisk together the soymilk and the sugar for a few minutes, until the sugar has partly dissolved. Add the other liquid ingredients and stir together. Mix the dry ingredients into the wet and stir together.
Put the plums into the cake tin, cover them with the batter and out into the oven for 35-40 minutes. When the cake is done loosen it immediately and invert it onto a plate. Serves a small bunch of hungry people!
Mmmm, that looks so good. Today, I’m going to go to the farmer’s market and look for plums, just so I can replicate this and your last post! Heavens to Betsy! (Ok, I’ve never used that expression before…)
Comment by bazu - August 14th, 2007 at 3:27 pmHey Babe! The plum cake was absolutely delicious! I brought home the last piece to my greek god of a man end he looved it
I’m expecting tomorrows dinner at your place to be a party in my mouth and yummi in my tummy!
Comment by the cat lady formerly known as Maria - August 15th, 2007 at 11:48 pmHi again, Emmie! Good luck cooking for your guests! You don’t need luck, though, you are an amazing cook. For some reason, whenever I have people coming over, I forget how to cook and I run out of ideas- I don’t know why, but I know I could never be a chef or a caterer for that reason.
Comment by bazu - August 16th, 2007 at 5:30 amI really love the new look of your blog and your pictures are amazing! I think I should go and buy some plums now.
Comment by Mihl - August 16th, 2007 at 8:40 amOk, I’m back for a third time, like the sad stalker I am. I just wanted to let you know that you can hijack my blog for feminism any time you want! I need to get a bit more political on there myself!
Comment by bazu - August 16th, 2007 at 4:15 pmmy parents-in-law are coming in a couple of weeks, and i’m making this for sure!
Comment by stonielove - August 16th, 2007 at 7:40 pm[...] this heavenly recipe (cover your children’s eyes when reading the blog’s title: http://www.vegbitch.com/2007/08/14/upside-down-plum-cake/) I won’t retype the whole thing here, but egg replace can be very expensive to buy, so I just [...]
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