Dessert was needed for a Sunday lunch with The Blackmore’s yesterday, mojewypieki.com were consulted and the result made us all happy.

The base- 270g of plain flour, 100g of ground almonds, 150 g of cold butter, 80g of icing sugar, a touch of baking powder and then 4 egg yolks, all combined and chilled for an hour, before rolling out onto the lined baking tray. It baked for about 20 mins in 180 degrees, during which I have pitted the plums and dusted them with some cornstarch and cinnamon. For the meringue I used 4 egg whites, a pinch of salt, 150 g of sugar, towards the end 1 tsp of cornstarch. The plums went onto the still warm base, meringue on top, some flaked almonds and immediately after the cake went in, I dropped the temperature down to 140 degrees. An hour of slow baking, then the heat off and I allowed it to cool in the oven.

Lovely, light, summery cake.