The number of Italian prune plums you use is really up to you, although the cake is slim and too, too many plums might make it soggy. You’ll need a 9-inch cake pan with high sides (at least 2 ...

It is essential to use tart, firm plums, such as Italian prune plums, for this cake, though it can also be made with apricots or peeled and cored tart apples, thickly sliced. By hand: In a small ...

(Adriana Janovich / The Spokesman-Review) Buy this photo This plum cake isn’t the prettiest. But it’s quite possibly the perfect way to use the freezer full of halved purple Italian prune ...

My Yeasted Breakfast Cake provides a wonderful bed for Italian prune plums, or any plums you have on hand. A simple buttery, yeasted dough rises around wedges of fruit then is baked until soft in ...

Pour the mixture into the prepared cake pan, and allow to cool completely. Once the sugar mixture has cooled, arrange the halved plums, cut side down, on the bottom of the tin. Preheat the oven to ...

Bake until the cake is golden, the top is lightly springy ... Given their diminutive stature, Italian plums can be sliced in half, but larger plums work best when cut into four, six or eight ...

For the last 12 years that I lived in New York, smells of cinnamon-tinged, buttery cake filling the air after Labor Day meant one thing: Italian prune plum season was upon us. That season ...

An Austrian-style cake filled with ripe ... This recipe works best with Italian plums, which are also called prune plums. The brandy can be omitted, but then you will need to melt the jam with ...