This Yogurt Plum Cake is a deliciously light and flavourful dessert that is super easy to make. Packed with delicious Summer Plums, this Yogurt Cake is perfect for afternoon tea or dessert!
Preheat your oven on 180'C/350'F. Prepare a 22 cm / 8,5 inch Springform Pan by lining the bottom with baking paper and lightly greasing the sides.
Melt the Butter and set aside to cool down.
Wash, pit then cut the fresh plums into thin slices; about 12 to 16 plum slices per fruit (see note 1). Set aside.
Place the Eggs and Sugar (plus optionally the lemon zest) in a large bowl and whisk with a hand mixer on medium speed for 3 to 5 minutes, or until increased in volume and very bubbly (see note 2).
Slowly mix in the cooled down melted Butter, Greek Yogurt and Vanilla until smooth (see note 3).
Add the Flour, Baking Powder, Baking Soda and Salt - preferably pre-sifted and mixed. Slowly mix it in, stopping as soon as it looks incorporated (see note 4). You should get a thick cake batter.
Pour the cake batter into the prepared pan and spread it around with a spatula. Arrange the plum slices over the cake batter in large circles, starting from the edges of the pan and working towards the centre of the cake (see note 5).
Bake in the oven for 45 to 50 minutes, or until a knife comes out clean. Leave to cool down completely before removing from the pan.
Optionally, dust with a little bit of icing sugar before serving.
Notes
Depending on the size of the fruits, how thick you want the slices to be and how much you want to add to your cake, you will need 3 or 4 plums. You could use less if preferred - it is up to you!
Whisking the eggs and sugar well for a few minutes is really important to get a nice, fluffy crumb. You can also do this step in a stand mixer or even by hands if you are after a workout!
You don't want to mix the batter for too long here to avoid deflating it (popping the air bubbles created during the previous step).
Avoid over-working the mixture at this point, which would create in a tougher, less tender cake texture.
You can add more or less plums / layer them on top of each other to use more fruits depending on your taste. I used as many plum slices as possible so they are placed very close together, each slice slightly overlapping the next one.