Whole Wheat Plum Mini Cakes

I bought some plums the other day. Looked like they weren't ripe yet. The one I bit into was tart. I waited for 4 days to bake with it. I wanted to make something delicious but healthy at the same time. So imagine my pleasure when I came across a whole wheat plum cake recipe. Well, in no time, the plums were pitted, chopped and I was ready to bake my first plum cake.

I have made cakes with plain white sugar so far. I have used demerrera sugar in cookies but not in cakes. So, it was interesting that whole wheat coupled with demerrera came out surprisingly tasty. I hadn't expected the punch of flavour and texture from a wheat cake.. what's more, the plums were so tart that it it hits you when you bite into the rich flavoured cake. Maybe it is a good idea to chop them into smaller pieces next time.

While serving it is a good idea to heat the cake and serve it with vanilla ice cream. Yum combination!

Whole Wheat Plum Mini Cakes Recipe

Ingredients:

• 100g butter, room temperature,
• 100g brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 4-5 drops almond extract
• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
• 50g almond meal
• 3/4 tsp baking soda
• 50ml buttermilk
• 5-6 plums, halved
• Low fat cream or ice cream to serve

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 190C. Lightly grease  10-12 individual muffin tins, or ramekins.
2. Beat butter and brown sugar until light and mousse like.
3. Add eggs, vanilla extract and almond extract and beat again.
4. On low-speed add both flours and baking soda and mix.
5. Fold in the buttermilk.
6. Divide batter between prepared tins. Top each with half a pitted plum, cut side up.
7. Place on a baking sheet and bake at 190C for about 35 minutes / until done.
8. Leave to cool in tins.
9. Loosen edges with a butter knife and turn out on serving platter. Serve with a drizzle of low at cream or vanilla ice cream.