First of the Month Recipe: Il Cedro Bed and Breakfast Plum Cake

Posted on: Dec 1, 2008

 

 
This breakfast cake is a favorite with Il Cedro guests and has become our signature morning breakfast cake. After answering repeated requests for the recipe, we decided to type up recipe cards and offer them to our guests. I published this recipe in my newsletter last month and am offering it up to you today for this month’s First of the Month recipe!
 
So, here you go!
 
Il Cedro Bed and Breakfast signature Plum Cake
(And no. There are no plums … I don’t know why it is called a plum cake!)
 
Ingredients:
(makes eight slices)
>> ½ cup sugar
>> 2 eggs
>> 3/4 cup flour
>> 3 ½ tablespoons peanut oil
>> 1 container apricot flavored yogurt
>> 1 ounce melted butter
>> 2 tablespoons milk
>> 1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
>> 1 tablespoon baking powder
>> Dash of salt
 
Directions:
 
1. Beat the eggs and sugar until peaks form.
 
2. Add melted butter and continue mixing.
 
3. Add yogurt, milk, vanilla and salt, mixing the ingredients well between each new addition.
 
4. Continue mixing and add flour and baking powder.
 
5. Mix in oil until smooth.
 
6. Bake in a bunt pan for 20 minutes on 300 F.
 
If you make this deliciously light breakfast cake, please let me know what you think … and if you don’t feel like making it for yourself, come on over to Il Cedro. We’ll make it for you!
 

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8 Responses

  1. perfect and light for the morning. yum.
     
    We think so. We make a chocolate one sometimes, too. Not as light, but still as yummy!
     

  2. Scintilla says:

    Do you home deliver ?
    Looks yummy.
     
    Ha ha… thanks. I think if we used the Italian post you would all be in trouble with home deliveries!
     
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  3. My Melange says:

    Looks great C. Still scratchin my head on the *Plum* part though????!!! LOL.
     
    I know, and you have to say Ploom cake or they correct your English!
     
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  4. It’s usually the shape that determines whether something is a plum cake or not. Look at it this way: Cake + loaf pan = plum cake, in Italy anyway!
     
    LOL! Thanks for the lesson. I guess in THAT respect, ours isn’t authentic PLUM.
     
    joanne at frutto della passione’s last blog post..The North Pole Website of the month December 2008

  5. stacy says:

    YUM! that looks delicious and moist! I LOVE these kinds of cakes.
     
    I hope you get back to Italy soon so you can try it!
     
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  6. I love Italian plum cakes, especially for breakfast. I’ll be over soon :)
     
    Uhm… I am still waiting. WHERE ARE YOU?!? ;-)
     
    michelle of bleeding espresso’s last blog post..who’s afraid of the NaNoWriMo wolf?

  7. Ooh that sounds delicious! When we’re in Italy next summer, I’m looking forward to it!
     
    Yea! You will finally get to use that free night at Il Cedro!
     
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  8. That looks delicious! I think I need to add that to my list of things to cook this holiday season!
     
    Thanks, Brooke! Let me know if you like it.
     
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