I pureed 4 peeled over-ripe plums in the blender instead of using baby food. Added 3 Tablespoons flour and a pinch more baking soda. I didn't use food coloring. I baked them as 2 9x9 square cakes and it tastes just like applesauce spice cake. Very good. Makes an great dessert.
Oh so delicious. I definitely recommend very ripe plums instead of the babyfood. i used about 1 1/4 cups plum puree. this recipe is also delicious for muffins. mmmmmmmmmm
this is so yum! can't buy plum baby food in oz so i pureed a tin of whole plums without the juice and it makes a little more then is needed so worked out great! just need to add 2 tablespoons more flour and a pinch more baking soda. will definately use for xmas pressies!!
Good recipe. I try to use fresh ingredients when possible so I didn't bother with the baby food. It's easy to puree fresh plums and add a wee bit of flour. Not much. Cornstarch would also work or tapioca. About 1 Tablespoon or so. Also red food coloring is never advised. Just leave that unnecessary ingredient out. Makes nice little gifts or a great bread to have Christmas morning.
A heavenly holiday recipe! Looks smells and tastes beautiful.
I changed it a little. I put one and 1/2 cups of plum preserve I made with red plums and instead of walnuts I chopped up the red plums and mixed them inside the batter. (I also nixed the red food coloring). After pouring the batter I spooned several t spoons of the plum preserve on top and swirled in a design. I nixed the sugar topping because it was sweet with the preserve and a bit tart as well. I scooped vanilla ice cream on top and it was done. YUM!
this was great! i added tea (instead of cloves and nutmeg) to both the frosting/sauce and the batter which i thought was delicious. it's best in small doses though.
I made muffins and mini muffins. Instead of making the lemon juice and powdered sugar I used cream cheese frosting. They were gobbled up. I couldn't eat nuts but next time I'll put them in everyone elses.
this is great as is and as a great base recipe. i have changed the baby food and they all taste great. great recipe!
Unfortunately I won't be making this again. I followed the reviews of cooks who used fresh plums and ran them through the blender used 1.5 cups of blended plums cut the oil to 1/2 cup and baked it as directed. While the flavour was nice the texture was quite soggy....sigh. I was so hopeful!!!
