Blood Plum Cake

Cake:
150g butter, softened
3/4 cup castor sugar
1 1/3 cup flour
1 1/3 tsp baking powder
2 eggs
1-2 tbs milk
1/2 cup of ground almonds
5-8 blood plums, halved and stoned

Streusel topping:
60g butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1-2 eggs

Preheat oven to 160C. Grease and line the square cake tin. Sprinkle the ground almonds over the base of the cake tin.

Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, add flour. Add eggs and milk to make a soft batter. Carefully spoon the batter over the ground almonds. Arrange the plum halves over the cake, cut side up. Pour streusel topping over and around plums.


For Streusel Topping:
Melt butter, add remaining ingredients and stir. Allow to cool slightly. Whisk eggs and stir into butter mixture


Bake 1 1/2 hours.