A cake from my dream…

You need

• Ring cake tin
• Electric mixer or Thermomix

Ingredients

• 150g butter
• 100g caster sugar
• 50g white marzipan
• 4 eggs
• 150g gluten free self-raising flour
• 1 teaspoon gluten free baking powder
• 100g desiccated coconut
• 100g corn flour
• 100ml kefir
• 6 plums pitted and cut into quarters
• Almond flakes
• Icing sugar for dusting

Step by step

• Preheat the oven to 185C
• Melt the butter
• Add the sugar, marzipan and whisk until light and creamy (use the electric mixer)
• Add the eggs one at a time, keep whisking
• Sift in the flour and whisk again
• Add the kefir, coconut, corn flour and mix well
• Spoon some of the batter into the base of the cake tin
• Arrange the plums to form one consistent layer
• Cover the plums with the rest of the batter and spread evenly
• Sprinkle with the almond flakes
• Bake in the preheated oven for 45 min, until the cake is firm to the touch and a wooden stick inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean
• Remove from the oven and let it cool for 10 minutes
• Remove from the tin and dust with the icing sugar

Thermomix

• Preheat the oven to 185C
• Melt the butter (2 min – Speed 2 – 60C)
• Add the sugar, marzipan and whisk until light and creamy (2 min – Speed 5)
• Add the eggs one at a time, keep whisking (2 min – Speed 5)
• Sift in the flour and whisk again (1 min – Dough)
• Add the kefir, coconut, corn flour and mix well (2 min – Dough)
• Spoon some of the batter into the base of the cake tin
• Arrange the plums to form one consistent layer
• Cover with the rest of the batter and spread evenly
• Sprinkle with the almond flakes
• Bake in the preheated oven for 45 min, until the cake is firm to the touch and a wooden stick inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean.
• Remove from the oven and let it cool for 10 minutes
• Remove from the tin and dust with the icing sugar

Your shopping basket

• 500g caster sugar – £0.99
• 500g white marzipan – £2.35
• 6  eggs – £1.00
• 250g unsalted butter – £0.95
• 500g flour – £0.50
• 170g desiccated coconut – £0.90
• 400g corn flour – £2.55
• 500ml kefir – £2.59
• 400g plums – £1.14
• 100g almond flakes – £1.39
• 140g baking poder gluten free £1.45

• Total basket £14.45 | Cost of ingredients £4.60