A typical result of me waking up and thinking- mmmmmm, I will do some baking today. I had some bloody expensive plums, not even massively ripe or anything, but nearly £4.50 per kilo. Stoned and cut into quarters  I cooked them quickly with lots of cinnamon and brown sugar.

150 g of butter and 125 g of sugar went into the cake mix, 2 whole eggs, then 75 g of flour and ground almonds, plus a handful of dark chocolate chopped into chips. All this went into the tin lined with baking parchment, plums arranged on top, a handful of chopped hazelnuts for extra crunch and into the oven for about 40-45 minutes, 170 degrees. I would have liked it risen a bit more, maybe self raising flour next time, but with wet plums in large amount it’s understandable it hasn’t risen much. Very tasty though.