Plum Nectarine Buttermilk Cake
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 stick unsalted butter, softened
2/3 cup plus 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar, divided
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 large egg
1/2 cup well-shaken buttermilk
Plums and nectarines, chopped (I used a mix of the 2 fruits-to equal 1 1/4 cups)
Turbinado sugar (I added this)
Preheat oven to 400°F with rack in middle. Butter and flour a 9-inch round cake pan.
Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
Beat butter and 2/3 cup sugar with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes, then beat in vanilla. Add egg and beat well.
At low speed, mix in flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour, and mixing until just combined.
Spoon batter into cake pan, smoothing top. Scatter chopped plums and nectarines evenly over top and sprinkle with remaining 1 1/2 Tbsp sugar. I also used a little Turbinado sugar. Just sprinkle some over the cake if you wish. It gave it a nice extra sugary crunch.
Bake until cake is golden and a wooden pick inserted into center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes, then turn out onto a rack and cool to warm, 10 to 15 minutes more. Invert onto a plate.
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mmm your cake looks so moist. Is it the buttermilk that makes it so fluffy or the baking soda. Looks delicious either way
Jackie at PhamFatale.com
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This is absolutely one of my favorite cakes to make. I love the plum and nectarine twist.
Oh my that looks so moist and delicious. I wanna have a piece with my coffee tonight
Maria this looks so delicious! I could eat the entire thing!
Bright and positively oozing goodness… looks amazing!
I've made that raspberry buttermilk cake 4 times already!
Now I have ripe plums and peaches sitting here, fresh from the NJ shore today!
I will be making this for company this weekend.
Thanks for the inspiration!
I just made this tonight and it smells wonderful. Unfortunately I might have overcooked it a teeny tiny bit. For some reason I thought it said 10 inch pan. Yay, DUH! (I'm back)I just flipped it out of the pan, it's perfect! Thanks for giving me the push I needed to bake this!
~ingrid
Oh, I used blackberries and raspberries.
what a great recipe i m loving all these recipes with fresh fruit and that cakes are so great thanks
love the combination of plum and nectarine!! this is delicious!
This sounds so good! Somehow, I missed this in Gourmet. I love that the recipe uses buttermilk, which makes a really moist cake.
Ooh, I'm trying to "detox" from eating out so much over the past week, but now I want a big slice of this!!
Wow – is this the cake you brought to Kalyn's yesterday?
It is Fabulous!!!
So good to meet you!
I tried this cake w/ plums tonight and it came out wonderful!
I will try it with other fruits too……I see you did the peach version today.
It's in the recipe file to stay!
Maria,I just made this last night with fresh rasberries. It is to die for! I love it! Thanks for the great recipe.
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