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🍰 Juicy Plum and Almond Cake with Caramel
551 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 1.5 kg plums
- 200 g almond kernels
- 200 g butter
- 100 g sugar
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- 300 g amarettini (Italian almond cookies)
- 400 g crème fraîche
- 1 tsp lemon zest
- 5 eggs
- salt
Instructions
- 1. Wash the plums thoroughly.
- 2. Halve the plums and remove the pits.
- 3. Make one cut into each plum half, but do not separate them completely.
- 4. Crush the almond cookies roughly using a rolling pin.
- 5. Lightly toast half of the almonds in a pan without fat.
- 6. Mix the remaining half of the sugar with the cinnamon.
- 7. Grease the baking pan with some butter.
- 8. Cover the bottom of the pan with half of the crumbled cookies.
- 9. Sprinkle half of the toasted almonds over the cookies.
- 10. Sprinkle half of the cinnamon-sugar mixture over the almonds.
- 11. Drizzle half of the butter over this layer.
- 12. Place half of the plums in an overlapping pattern on the layer.
- 13. Add the remaining crumbled cookies on top.
- 14. Sprinkle the remaining toasted almonds over the cookies.
- 15. Sprinkle the remaining cinnamon-sugar mixture over the almonds.
- 16. Drizzle the remaining butter over this layer.
- 17. Place the remaining plums on top.
- 18. Whisk the crème fraîche with three tablespoons of sugar.
- 19. Add the grated lemon zest to the mixture.
- 20. Stir in the eggs and a pinch of salt.
- 21. Pour the cream evenly over the cake.
- 22. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
- 23. Bake the cake for approx. 60 minutes in the center of the oven.
- 24. Mix the remaining almonds with two teaspoons of water.
- 25. Heat the almonds in a pan.
- 26. Add the remaining sugar.
- 27. Stir constantly until the sugar melts.
- 28. Let the almonds get coated in the caramel.
- 29. Sprinkle the caramelized almonds over the finished cake.
- 30. Place a weighted plate on the cake for 15 minutes.
- 31. Let the cake cool down in the pan.
- 32. Decorate the cake with whipped cream.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 551
- Protein: 12 g · Fett/Fat: 41 g · Carbs: 32 g