Plum, Almond and Orange Upsidedown Cake

This old favourite is perfect served with crème fraîche

This cake is an old classic that's delicious eaten with honey and either crème fraîche or mascarpone. It's best eaten on the day of cooking, but will keep in an airtight tin for up to two days. 

Ingredients:

For the cake 600g-800g plums, halved and stoned 5 medium eggs 150g golden caster sugar Zest and juice of one orange Zest and juice of half a lemon 50ml crème fraîche, plus more to serve 200ml vegetable oil, plus more to grease tin 200g plain flour 150g ground almonds 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp salt For the syrup

Juice of one orange Juice of half a lemon 40ml Grand Marnier cognac (optional) 60ml acacia honey, plus more to serve

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to gas mark 4/180ºC/ 350ºF. 2. Line a 26cm spring-form tin with -baking paper. Grease well with vegetable oil and place the halved plums at the bottom of the tin. 3. Beat the eggs and sugar together in a large bowl with an electric whisk -until the mixture becomes pale and fluffy (this should take about 5-8 minutes). 4. Mix the orange juice, lemon juice, zests and crème fraîche in a small jug. Add the vegetable oil to the egg mixture and continue to whisk at a slow speed, then stir in the orange and lemon mixture. 5. Combine all the dry ingredients in a bowl and sieve into the wet mixture. Using a spatula, stir thoroughly and pour into the cake tin. Cook in the oven for around 1 hour. 6. Meanwhile, place the syrup ingredients in a saucepan and gently warm over a low heat. When the cake is out of the oven, still in its tin, pour half of the syrup on to the surface -(reserving the remainder). 7. When the cake has cooled, carefully turn it out on to a large plate and pour the remaining syrup on top of the plums. Cut into generous slices and serve on -individual plates with a dollop of crème fraîche drizzled with honey. Serves four