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Title: Polish Jewish Plum Cake Categories: None Yield: 12 Servings 1 1/2 lb Italian plums; (about 4 -cups) (up to 2) 1 1/2 ts Cinnamon 1 1/2 c Sugar 4 lg Eggs 1 c Vegetable oil 1/2 c Orange juice 1 ts Vanilla 3 c Unsifted flout; plus flour -for pan 3 ts Baking powder 1/2 ts Salt PAM for pan Confectioner's sugar. (total time -2 hours) 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees 2. Halve the plums, removing pits. Place in a large bowl and sprinkle with the cinnamon and l/4 cup of the sugar. 3. Beat the eggs, and gradually add the remaining sugar, oil, orange juice and vanilla. 4. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Combine with the egg mixture. 5. Grease a bundt pan and dust with flour. 6. Pour l/3 of the batter into the pan. Layer with l/3 of the plums. Repeat for 2 more layers, ending with plums on top. Bake for I hour and 20 minutes, or until golden on top and a toothpick comes out clean. Let sit for 15 minutes. When cool enough to handle, run a knife around the cake to loosen. Unmold on a plate. Sprinkle with confectioner's sugar and serve. Yield: 12 servings. Approximate nutritional analysis per serving: 455 calories, 20 grams fat, 70 milligrams cholesterol, 195 milligrams sodium, 5 grams protein, 65 grams carbohydrate. Posted to JEWISH-FOOD digest by NSherma@aol.com on Aug 24, 1998, converted by MM_Buster v2.0l. |