Ingredients
Nonstick vegetable oil spray
1/2 cup whole almonds
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp fine sea salt
2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup plus
4 tsp sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp almond extract
8 medium plums halved, pitted and cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices
3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
9 inch circumference cake pan (2 inches high)
parchment paper
Food processor
Electric Mixer
Directions
1.
1. Put the rack in center of oven
2. Preheat the oven to 350 F.
3. Spray the cake pan with nonstick spray.
4. Line bottom of pan with parchment paper.
5. Grind almonds in the food processor.
5. Transfer to medium bowl; whisk in flour, baking powder, and salt.
6. Using electric mixer, beat the butter in large bowl.
7. Add 1 cup sugar; beat until well blended.
8. Add the eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
9. Beat in vanilla and almond extract, then flour mixture.
10. Transfer batter to the pan.
11. Press the plum slices, flesh side down, into batter close together.
12. Mix cinnamon and 4 teaspoons sugar in small bowl.
13. Sprinkle over plums.
14. Bake cake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 50 minutes.
15. Cool cake in pan on rack 20 minutes.
16. Run small knife between cake and pan sides to loosen.
17. Flip the cake onto platter; remove parchment paper.
18. Place another platter atop cake.
19. Using both hands, hold both platters firmly together and flip the cake, plum side up.
20. Let cool.
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