Yoghurt Plum Cake with Crumble

60 min.

Are you already feeling the cosy autumn vibes with the cooler days coming in? 🍂🕯️ Bring the warmth into your home with this plum cake with cinnamon that will fill your home with the most comforting aroma. It's beautifully moist, juicy, sweet and sour thanks to the plums. Plus, it's lower in calories, and the kefir gives it a digestion‑friendly boost. 🫄🏼

Shop ingredients

Organic Baking Powder – 150 g – phosphate-free cream of tartar powder for healthier baking

£2.49

Organic Ceylon Cinnamon – 50 g (jar) – sweetly fragrant variety with mild pungency from organic farming, without unnecessary additives

Ghee – 330 ml – pure dairy ghee for cooking and baking – high smoke point, suitable for the lactose-intolerant

Nutrition (1 serving) 1 piece of cake

229 kcal
42 g carbohydrates
5 g fats
5 g protein

Per 6 portions

Dough:

150 g spelt flour
80 g golden cane icing sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 egg
50 g kefir
100 g plain yoghurt
1 pinch vanilla pods
1 tsp cinnamon
1 banana

Topping:

3 tbsp semi-coarse flour
1 tbsp ghee
1 tbsp cane sugar
6 plums

Instructions

In a large mixing bowl, combine the dry ingredients (flour, sugar, baking powder) and add a pinch of vanilla seeds. To get these, cut a vanilla pod in half and scrape out the inner part.
Beat one egg, pour in the kefir and add the mashed banana.
Pour the mixture into a buttered and floured baking tin. Top with halved plums and sprinkle with a crumble of semi‑coarse flour, butter and sugar.
Bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C for about 30‑40 minutes.
And you're done! A great cake to serve not only as a dessert with coffee, but also as a nice breakfast or snack to take to school and work.Enjoy! 👌🏻