How to Bake Plum Buckle

Serves: 6

Preparation time: 20 mins

Cooking time: 50 mins

Ingredients needed to make Plum Buckle:

For the pecan topping:

• ½ cup pecans, finely chopped
• ¼ cup all purpose flour
• ½ tsp ground cumin
• ¼ cup light brown sugar, packed
• 2 tbsp unsalted butter, plus more for greasing
• Pinch of fine salt

For the batter:

• 1 lb plums, pitted and sliced into ¾’’ pieces
• 1 ¼ cups all purpose flour
• 1/3 cup whole milk
• ¾ cup granulated sugar
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• ¼ tsp fine salt
• 2 large eggs
• 6 tbsp unsalted butter, softened

Cooking instructions for Plum Buckle:

• To make the topping, warm up your oven to 350 degrees F with a rack positioned midway within it.
• Grease an 8’’x8’’ square baking dish with a small knob of butter and keep aside.
• Place all its ingredients, except the nuts, into a medium bowl and blend them together using a stand mixer, into a flaky mixture.
• Stir in the chopped pecans until well combined, place a lid on top and leave in the fridge to chill.
• To make the batter, place the flour in a medium bowl and stir in a dash of salt and baking powder until mixed well; set aside.
• Beat the vanilla extract into the milk, in a separate bowl, until well combined and set aside.
• Place the butter in a bowl of a stand mixer, equipped with a paddle attachment, and sprinkle the sugar into it.
• Beat them together at moderate speed for about 3 minutes or until they cream into a light, fluffy mixture.
• Crack the eggs into it, one at a time, and beat it into the mixture after each addition until fully incorporated.
• Dust 1/3 of the dry mixture into it, and fold them together at low speed until mixed properly; don’t over-mix.
• Drizzle ½ of the vanilla-flavored milk into it and whisk them together at low speed until just combined.
• Repeat the process, alternating between the flour and milk mixture, so that all of them are blended into the mixture thoroughly to form a smooth batter.
• Stir in the plums until distributed evenly and tip the batter into the buttered baking pan.
• Sprinkle the chilled pecan topping to cover the surface evenly and bake for 40-50 minutes, or until the buckle is baked through and the surface turns golden brown evenly.
• Allow to cook for about 20 minutes.
• Slice and serve at room temperature.

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