Plum Streusel

Thank you to the lovely recipe bods at Good Food magazine i made this absolutely gorgeous plum streusel traybake. Not only is it amazing on its own but with a big dollop of extra thick double cream flavoured with a dash of Disaronno it is a taste of heaven.

Plum Streusel

250g Butter (cold and cubed)

225g Caster Sugar

300g Ground Almonds

140g Plain Flour

25g Plain Flour

2 Eggs

1tsp Ground Cinnamon

1tsp Baking Powder

6 Plums (cut into sixths)

50g Flaked Almonds

• Preheat the oven to Gas 4/180 C/350 F
• Grease and line a brownie pan approx 20 x 30 cm
• Put the ground almonds, butter and sugar into a food processor and blitz to a "breadcrumb" consistency
• Spoon out half of the mixture into a separate bowl and set aside
• Add the 140g of flour to the processor and blitz to a rough dough
• Tip the dough into the prepared tin and flatten down with your hands making an even layer (make sure you get right into the corners)
• Bake the base for 20 minutes or until golden then allow to cool
• Put all but 2-3 tbsp of the mixture in the bowl back into the processor (leave the couple of tablespoons of mixture to one side for the topping)
• Add the eggs, 25g flour, baking powder and cinnamon to the processor and whiz until a batter is formed.
• Pour the batter over the cooled base.
• Sprinkle the plum slices all over the batter and sprinkle a little extra sugar if you want too
• Bake for 20 minutes
• Sprinkle the remaining 2-3 tbsp of mixture and the flaked almonds over the plums and bake for another 20 minutes until golden brown
• Allow to cool before serving

Very happy eating