Makes 1 cake
Preparation Time 20 minutes
Oven Temperature 180°C
Baking Time 1 hour

• 250g butter, at room temperature
• 250g castor sugar
• grated rind of 1 orange
• grated rind of 1 lemon
• 5 eggs
• 210g cake flour
• 70g cornflour
• 12.5ml baking powder
• 10 plums, halved and pitted
• 60g castor sugar

1 Preheat the oven. Beat the butter, sugar, and orange and lemon rind until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one by one and beat until combined.
2 Sift the cake flour, cornflour and baking powder together and add to the mixture. Beat until mixed through.
3 Spoon the mixture into a greased baking dish or cake tin (30 x 20cm) and arrange the plums, cut side up, on top. Bake for an hour, or until skewer comes out clean. (The plums will drop to the bottom of the cake.)
4 Sprinkle over castor sugar and serve warm topped with thick cream.

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