Plum Walnut Cake
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Serves: 8
 
Ingredients
  • ¾ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature, diced
  • 2 tablespoons walnut oil
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1¼ cup ground almonds
  • 4 eggs, beaten
  • 1 cup walnuts, processed into coarse powder
  • ¾ cup all purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • grated zest of 1 lemon
  • 3-4 red plums, pitted and cut into ~6 wedges each
  • ⅛ teaspoon salt
  • 6 tablespoons powdered sugar
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375F.
  2. In a stand mixer, beat together butter, walnut oil, sugar, and almonds on medium high speed until the mixture becomes light and fluffy. Continue to beat and add eggs, a little at a time, until well incorporated. With a rubber spatula, fold in the walnuts, flour, vanilla, lemon zest, and salt.
  3. Pour batter into a parchment paper lined 9 inch cake pan. Level the batter with a spatula, then arrange plum pieces in concentric circles over the top.
  4. Bake cake for 70-80 minutes, until center is done. Remove from oven and let cool slightly.
  5. Meanwhile, make the icing. Whisk together powdered sugar and lemon juice until a pourable icing forms. Adjust lemon juice and sugar as needed. When cake is slightly cooled, drizzle icing all over the top. Let cake completely cool before serving.
Recipe by Things I Made Today at https://www.thingsimadetoday.com/2015/03/20/plum-walnut-cake/