Grain-Free Summer Plum Cake
Moist and gluten-free, it is beyond delicious but also has simplicity and healthy ingredients.
Serves 6
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cup blanched almond flour
- ¼ tsp. sea salt
- 3 large eggs, at room temperature
- 3 Tab. maple syrup, divided
- 1 Tab. melted coconut oil
- ½ tsp. pure vanilla extract
- 750g ripe plums, pitted and sliced
- 1 Tab. GF ground cinnamon
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 1 Tab. poppy seeds (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F
- Line the bottom of an 8-inch spring-form cake pan with parchment paper
- Add flour, salt, eggs, 2 tablespoons of maple syrup, coconut oil and vanilla into a large bowl. Whisk with an electric mixer until smooth
- In a separate bowl, combine plums, 1 tablespoon maple syrup, cinnamon and lemon zest
- Spread the dough in the pan and top with plums facing cut side up. Press the plums slightly into the batter and sprinkle with poppy seeds
- Bake for 40 minutes
- Cool the cake on a cooling rack first and then remove the cake by slightly loosening the edges first