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    Plum & cinnamon crumble cake

    • Preparation time: 20 minutes
    • Cooking time: 45 minutes
    • Total time: 1 hour 5 minutes 60 minutes 5 minutes

    Serves: 8

    Ingredients

    125g self-raising flour
    ½ tsp baking powder
    75g butter
    75g caster sugar
    1 Waitrose British Blacktail Free Range Large Egg
    2-3 tbsp milk
    4 ripe plums, stoned and sliced

    For the topping:
    75g self-raising flour
    1 tsp ground cinnamon
    25g chopped almonds
    25g soft brown sugar
    50g butter, melted

    Method

    1. Preheat the oven to 180 C, gas mark 4. Butter and base line a 20cm loose-bottomed cake tin. Sift together the flour and baking powder. Cream the butter with the caster sugar until pale and fluffy then beat in the egg. Fold in the sifted ingredients and add enough milk to give a soft dropping consistency. Spoon into the tin and level the surface. Arrange the sliced plums over the surface.

    2. Sift the flour and cinnamon for the topping together and stir in the almonds and sugar. Pour over the butter and stir with a knife to mix thoroughly. Sprinkle over the plums.

    3. Bake for 45 minutes until golden and a skewer comes out clean when inserted in the centre of the cake. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes. Serve warm with clotted cream or enjoy cold.

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