Elephant hearts and torte

We are blessed with an elephant heart plum tree in our backyard. This year, we've got a crazy amount of plums. I'm considering canning but I would need to quickly teach myself on that. Last weekend I made our family's recipe for plum torte. Not sure where it came from, but it's easy and yummy. Our plums are still a little tart so it's a nice balance with the sugar. I love how you simply lay the plums on top of the batter and the cooking process does all the work!


Plum torte

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
1 tsp. baking powder
2 eggs
1 cup flour
pinch of salt
Plums (halved), enough to cover top (6-10, depends on size)

Topping:
sugar
lemon juice
cinnamon

Cream sugar and butter until light. Add baking powder, eggs, flour, and salt. Beat well. Spoon batter into a greased baking dish (I use a pyrex glass pie dish). Cover with plums, skin side up. Sprinkle with sugar and lemon juice, then cinnamon. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

I should have taken a picture of the torte...you just have to trust me it's good :-)