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Cheap and easy dessert for a party or potluck that looks expensive and difficult! Plum Cake recipe serves 12 for less than $3! Frugal recipes on All Day Mom

Grandma's Plum Cake

Budget Recipe - Dessert serves 12 for $2

Course Dessert
Cuisine American, French
Keyword budget dessert, budget recipe, cake, cheap dessert, easy dessert, frugal dessert, plum cake, plums, summer dessert
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings 12
A recipe from Carissa Houston - All Day Mom

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup flour
  • 12 ounces plums, pitted and cut into one inch pieces about 4 large plums

Topping

  • 2 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp cinnamon

Instructions

  1. Grease and flour 9" or 10" springform pan. (Or, 9" or 10" cake pan)

  2. Stir together sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla, baking powder, salt. 

  3. Stir in flour.

  4. Add batter to pan. Batter will be thick.

  5. Slice plums in half, remove pits, and cut into one inch pieces. Arrange plums evenly over batter in pan, skin side up.

    Cheap and easy dessert for a party or potluck that looks expensive and difficult! Plum Cake recipe serves 12 for less than $3! Frugal recipes on All Day Mom

  6. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar topping over the top and bake for 1 hour at 350°.

  7. Let cool completely before cutting for clean slices.

Serving notes

Recipe Notes

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