3 tb Unsalted butter
1 ts Vanilla
1/2 c Whole hazelnuts or natural
-almonds; (about 2 ounces)
1/2 c Firmly packed light brown
-sugar
1/3 c All-purpose flour
3 lg Egg whites
1/4 ts Salt
2 md Plums; (about 1/2 pound),
; sliced thin
1 1/2 ts Granulated sugar
Confectioner’s sugar for
-sifting over
; cake
ACCOMPANIMENT
Vanilla ice cream
Preheat oven to 425F. and butter and flour an 8-inch round cake pan,
knocking out excess flour.
In a small saucepan melt butter over moderate heat and cool. Stir in
vanilla. In a food processor blend together nuts, brown sugar, and flour
until nuts are ground fine.
In a bowl with an electric mixer beat whites with salt until they hold
stiff peaks and fold in nut mixture gently but thoroughly. Fold in butter
mixture (batter will deflate) and spread batter in prepared pan.
Arrange plum slices evenly over batter and sprinkle with granulated sugar.
Bake cake in middle of oven 20 to 25 minutes, or until a tester comes out
clean. Turn cake out onto rack and cool, plum side up, 5 minutes.
Sift confectioner’s sugar onto cake and serve cake warm with ice cream.
One 8-inch round cake.
Yields
1 servings