Financier plum cake
By Chatelaine
* PLUS 1 hour cooling time
Photo, Erik Putz.
At this time of year, let the local ingredients shine. Here's a simple way to make the most of those plums you picked up at the farmer's market.
Ingredients
-
3/4 cup
unsalted
butter
, melted
-
2 tbsp
brown
sugar
-
2
medium
plums
, thinly sliced
-
1 1/2 cups
icing sugar
-
1 1/4 cups
ground
almonds
-
1/2 cup
all-purpose
flour
-
1/4 tsp
salt
-
6
egg whites
, lightly beaten
Instructions
- POSITION rack in bottom third of oven. Preheat to 400F. Line the bottom of a 9-in. springform pan with parchment. Spray with butter, then sprinkle with brown sugar. Lay plum slices, overlapping in a circle, over sugar.
- STIR icing sugar with almonds, flour and salt in a large bowl. Whisk in egg whites until combined. Gradually stir in remaining 3/4 cup butter. Scrape batter over plums, smoothing top.
- BAKE until cake is golden and a cake tester inserted into centre of cake comes out clean, about 40 min. Remove cake and let stand for 10 min. Run a knife around inside edge, then release cake from pan. Place a large cooling rack upside down on top of cake. Carefully flip over. Peel off parchment. Cool on rack, about 1 hour.
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Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 395,
- Protein
- 7 g,
- Carbohydrates
- 39 g,
- Fat
- 25 g,
- Fibre
- 3 g,
- Sodium
- 115 mg.
