Plum and Cream Cheese Tray Cake

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A beautifully light and creamy plum cake made from a vanilla and cinnamon flavoured base, topped with whipped cream cheese and fresh, chopped plums. A lovely treat to serve hot or cold.

Cooked and sliced plum and cream cheese tray bake on a wooden chopping board.

This delicious Plum and Cream Cheese Cake is one of my favourite types of baking; it can be served cold for morning or afternoon tea, or warm from the oven for dessert. While the flavour combination of vanilla cake, cream cheese and tart plums is lovely on its own, a little natural yoghurt or cream on the side never hurt anyone.

If you've got a glut of plums you're trying to work through, you could also give my Upside Down Plum Cake a go. I even have a separate Gluten Free Upside Down Cake!

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Plum and Cream Cheese Tray Cake

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The ingredients to make plum and cream cheese tray bake on a grey bench top.

Plums: I've used yellow flesh plums for this cake. Feel free to use your favourite variety or whatever is available to you.
Sugar: I love using brown sugar in this recipe as it gives the cake a golden look and flavour. You can substitute this for the same amount of white sugar if you prefer.
Eggs: As always, I use standard size 7 eggs in my baking.

Note: Scroll to the recipe card for the ingredients, quantities and the full method.

Step by step instructions:

Preheat the oven to 170°C fan bake. Line a 27 x 17 cm slice tin with baking paper. Cut plums into pieces and remove the stones. Set aside. In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the butter and brown sugar until smooth.

Combined cream cheese and brown sugar in a mixing bowl with two eggs and vanilla essence added.

Add the eggs and vanilla then mix on high until pale and fluffy. Sift in the self-raising flour and cinnamon then mix on low until just combined.

The dry ingredients for plum and cream cheese tray bake being sifted into the wet ingredients.

The mixed and combined wet ingredients for cream cheese and plum tray bake in a mixing bowl.

Fold half of the chopped plums into the batter. Pour into the lined tin and spread out to the edges.

Cream cheese and plum cake batter with diced pieces of plum being stirred through.

The cake batter spread into a medium sized stray for the plum and cream cheese tray bake

Whisk together the cream cheese and brown sugar. Dollop on top of the batter and use a fork to swirl it through.

The combined plum and cream cheese mixture being spread into a lined tray before being baked in the oven.

Add the rest of the plums, pushing each one into the cream cheese mix.

he combined plum and cream cheese mixture being spread into a lined tray before being baked in the oven.

Uncooked cream cheese and plum tray bake in a lined tray about to be cooked in the oven.

Bake for 40-45 mins until cooked through and the top is starting to brown. Leave to cool in the tin before cutting into pieces.

Cooked plum and cream chees tray bake slightly golden straight from the oven resting in the tray it was cooked in on a wooden chopping board.

Recipe FAQs:

What other fruit could be used in this cake?

Fresh plums could be substituted for apples, peaches, apricots, nectarines or even berries. Depending on the size of your fruit, cooking time may need to be altered. Make sure you keep an eye on the oven and test with a cake skewer for doneness.

Is this cake best eaten hot or cold?

Both options are good! You can serve this cake warm from the oven with ice cream for dessert. Or, chill in the fridge and serve as is, or with a dollop of natural yoghurt or fresh cream.

One slice of cream cheese and plum tray bake on a small plate with the remainder of the tray bake in the background on a wooden chopping board.

Storage:

Store your plum cake in an airtight container in the fridge for up to five days.

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If you don't have access to fresh plums, or they are out of season, you can use canned plums instead. Just ensure you drain them really well before adding them to the mixture.

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Plum and Cream Cheese Tray Cake

Yield: Makes 12 - 18 pieces

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes

A vanilla, cinnamon and plum cake topped with whipped cream cheese and more fresh plums.

Ingredients

5 ripe plums, approx 300g
150g butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla essence
2 cups self-raising flour
1 tsp cinnamon

CREAM CHEESE MIXTURE:

225g cream cheese, softened
3 Tbsp brown sugar

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 170°C fan bake. Line a 27 x 17 cm slice tin with baking paper.
Cut plums into pieces and remove the stones. Set aside.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the butter and brown sugar until smooth.
Add the eggs and vanilla then mix on high until pale and fluffy.
Sift in the self-raising flour and cinnamon then mix on low until just combined.
Fold half of the chopped plums into the batter. Pour into the lined tin and spread out to the edges.
Whisk together the cream cheese and brown sugar. Dollop on top of the batter and use a fork to swirl it through.
Add the rest of the plums, pushing each one into the cream cheese mix.
Bake for 40-45 mins until cooked through and the top is starting to brown.
Leave to cool in the tin before cutting into pieces.

Notes

Keep in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
You can also serve warm with ice cream as a dessert.
Swap plums for other stonefruit: apricots, peaches or nectarines.
Canned plums can also be swapped for fresh. Just drain off the juices before chopping and adding to the batter.

Nutrition Information:

Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 322Total Fat: 18gSaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 77mgSodium: 405mgCarbohydrates: 37gFiber: 1gSugar: 21gProtein: 5g

Nutritional values are approximate. Please use your own calculations if you require a special diet.

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