Lovely moist sponge topped with juicy plums and crumble topping baked with a mix of spelt and almond flour, olive oil and sweetened with little rapadura sugar.
This Plum and Almond Spelt Cake is simply amazing. A lovely moist sponge topped with juicy plums and crumble topping baked with a mix of spelt and almond flour, olive oil and sweetened with little rapadura sugar. The plums work beautifully with the mix and it’s a perfect seasonal cake. Wonderful to enjoy on a Sunday afternoon with your family and friends.
The recipe is fairly simple and easy to make. Plums are in season at the moment and they are so many delicious plums available at fantastic price. And if you fancy some baking this weekend this is a lovely recipe to try:)
Plum and Almond Spelt Cake
Lovely moist sponge topped with juicy plums and crumble topping baked with a mix of spelt and almond flour, olive oil and sweetened with little rapadura sugar.
Ingredients
- 3 large red plums or 5 smaller ones
- 1 cup spelt flour (140 grams)
- 1 cup ground almonds (100 grams)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- pinch of sea salt
- 3/4 cup rapadura sugar (100 grams)
- 3 eggs
- 1/3 cup olive oil (80 ml)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 cup almond milk (60 ml)
Crumble topping:
- 2 tablespoons flaked almonds
- 1 tablespoon spelt flour
- 1 tablespoon rapadura sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
Instructions
- Wash plums and cut each into 8 slices. Set aside.
- To prepare the crumble topping mix all the ingredients and set aside.
- Preheat the oven to 350 °F (180 °C), 325 °F fan (160°C fan)
- Grease and line 9" round spring from cake baking tin.
- In a bowl whisk together spelt flour, ground almonds, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon and salt and set aside.
- In a electric hand or stand up mixer whisk eggs and sugar for about 5 min, add olive oil and vanilla and mix for 2 more min.
- Slowly add dry mix and almond milk bit by bit to the wet mix and mix until combined.
- Spoon the mixture into your prepared tin and level the surface.
- Arrange plums on top and sprinkle with crumble topping.
- Bake for about 35 min or until a cocktail stick comes out clean.
- Remove from the oven once ready and leave to cool down for 20 min before removing from the tin.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
8Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving:Calories: 334Total Fat: 20gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 16gCholesterol: 70mgSodium: 258mgCarbohydrates: 34gFiber: 4gSugar: 19gProtein: 8g
Spelt is one of my favourite grains. This is one lovely late summer dessert.
Thank you! Same for me, I love baking with spelt:)
This is so far one of my favorite cakes. It is very moist and full of flavor. Thank you!
Hi Cecilia, thank you for your lovely comment, I’m so happy that it turned out well! x