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Reduce heat to medium low, add plums and poach in liquid until slightly softened (about 5 to 7 minutes). Remove plums, raise heat and boil sauce down until slightly thickened (about 5 to 10 minutes).

They'll be ready to eat. Firmer plums can be stored at room temperature for a day or two to ripen. For a good appetizer, try topping a flatbread with grilled plums, blue cheese and walnuts.

Step 6 Bake the cake until the edges are deeply golden brown and a paring knife inserted in the center comes out clean, about 45 to 50 minutes. Set the pan on a wire rack to cool for 20 minutes.

Bake for 45 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. Cool for 15 minutes in the pan before turning it out onto a wire rack to cool.

Here are three of Lesley Chesterman's favourite plum recipes. The first, a showstopper of a tart, the second, a perfectly delicious cake, and the third, an easy cru… ...

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A simple cake that uses fresh plums, which is ideal as dessert or afternoon tea cake. It's also a very good way of using those plums that might be getting too ripe! Heat oven to 180c or 160c for a ...

4. Tip the mixture into the prepared cake tin. Pour over 1/4 cup plum syrup and swirl through with a skewer. Arrange halved plums on top (slice large plums into one-centimetre slices). 5.

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Ingredients For plum syrup 500g plums, halved, stones removed 1 tsp vanilla paste 40g raw sugar juice of ½ lemon For plum cake 120g raw sugar 200g natural almonds 200g unsalted butter, in 2cm ...

Not too sweet, and with wholesome almonds, this moist cake is a cinch in the Thermomix and makes the most of seasonal plums. First, make a plum syrup using the heating and stirring capacity of the ...