What could be better than a moist and sweet cake that takes minutes to put together? I always like to explore different butter cake recipes; I’ve tried to use different types of flour, with milk or yogurt.. Actually, most of the recipes turned out good. But for the seasonal autumn recipe, I decided to add spices and crunchy streusel to make it more rich. 
The cake is warmly spiced, plus ripe plums make it more soft. It is so delicious and yet so easy. Perfect as a midday treat! It’s also good and tasty on the next day, in case if you got any leftovers, though it never lasts long. 🙂 It goes really well with a dollop of mascarpone. You can sprinkle the cake with icing sugar, or pour over a maple syrup, but for me the cake has enough sweetness.
Spiced Plum Cake with streusel
- Preheat oven to 180C. Grease a 18cm cake tin (you can use 10-15cm cake tin also, the cake will be higher; or 20cm round tin is ok too).
- Cream butter and brown sugar until pale and fluffy. Mix in eggs one at a time (don’t over-beat, just stir to combine).
- Mix together flours, almond powder, salt and all spices. Add to the egg mixture a little bit at a time. Finally add yogurt.
- Spoon mixture into the cake tin. Individually place plums at an angle to make rings, using gentle pressure to push them slightly into batter. Leave about 2cm between each plum.
- For the streusel, mix the butter into flour. Add sugar, nuts and combine until it resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle over the cake.
- Bake for 45-50 minutes. Once baked remover from the oven and allow to cool 10 minutes before serving.
- Slice and serve with a dollop of mascarpone or whipped cream. If it’s not enough sweet, pour over the cake maple syrup.
milkandbun 
Beautiful cake. Loved spiced plums.
Thanks a lot! I add cardamom, nutmeg, cinnamon, and a bit of crushed cloves; aromatic mix! 😀
This sounds simply divine! I can imagine that your house smelled delicious when this came out of the oven 🙂
Oh, yes, the house had got sweet and wonderful aroma! Thanks for stopped by! Hope to see you again! 🙂
Ooh…that cake looks divine, Mila! It’s calling my name! Darn….now I have to get something sweet to satisfy myself, and I’ve already brushed my teeth! 😋
Thank you so much, Angie! The cake was really yummy! Do try it, if you will find a time 🙂
P.S. Hope you didn’t eat any sweets that night! 😀
Seems like a really moist cake that would perfect for my breakfast XD
I wish I could send you a slice! 🙂
I wish you could too :)!
Sounds delicious! And is a perfect midday treat 🙂
Or anytime during the day! 😀
True!!
Beautiful! I love the addition of cardamom, a spice I don’t use very much but am always delighted when I do. I bet it works perfectly with the plums. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe – I picked up some plums recently and have been wondering what to do with them!
Trixy, you should try to use cardamom in baking! It has amazing aromatic fragrance and unique taste! 🙂 Once I cooked chicken tights, and put too much cardamom.. the smell was so strong, but, to my relief, the dish turned out good and tasty! I was so happy! 😀
This looks so delicious. The spices and plums work perfectly together and I love that the top has crumbs. Wonderful dessert!
Thanks a lot, honey! 🙂
Looks absolutely delicious! I love plums and the streusel topping looks fantastic.
Thanks! The cake tastes so good, you won’t regret if make it! 🙂
Such a beautiful, lovely cake! Perfect for breakfast!
Yep, the morning will be sweet and bright with such cake! 🙂
Your cake with plums reminds me of a delicious one I had in Germany…I must give this a try.
That’s interesting! Hope you will like my recipe! 🙂 Thanks for the commenting, Karen!
These cakes look lovely, and remind of some I tried sty a bakery once! Delicious recipe 😀
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Now you can make it at home! You will gonna love it! 😀
I like the looks! Great food photos!
It tastes how it looks! 😀 Yummy!
Yes, I can imagine that your cake is absolutely delicious!
It really was! Thank you! 🙂
Mmm…love the ingredients in the strusel topping. Oats, nuts, and raw sugar make a toothy bite…perfect for a fall cake! Thanks for sharing!! 🙂
This cake is almost too beautiful to eat! The plums look so sweet and gooey– and the streusel!!!
Thank you! Hope you give it a try! The recipe is simple to recreate and the cake tastes yummy! 😀 And you should have a look at my cherry strudel, it looks even more beautiful! 😀
Wow! My mouth is watering. Too beautiful to eat. Emma.
Thanks a lot for the lovely comment, Emma! You should make this cake one day.. 🙂
Lovely to come across this recipe Mila. Plums are in season here in Australia right now and this looks like the perfect way of celebrating them! Beautiful!