Financier Plum Cake

Name: Financier Plum Cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: american
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

Prep Time10 min
Total Time1 h
Makes8 servings

*PLUS 1 hour cooling time

By Chatelaine

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This simple yet striking almond cake is the perfect way to use up 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.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories 395, Protein 7g, Carbohydrates 39g, Fat 25g, Fibre 3g, Sodium 115mg.

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