Plum Cake Bars – Пирог со Сливами

These bars are delicious and scream Fall! Perfect with a hot cup of coffee or served with some ice cream and hot tea. Really easy to make.

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups of flour
• 2 tea spoons baking powder
• Pinch of cinnamon ( optional)
• 5 table spoons of soft butter + 1 tea spoon for greasing the pan
• 1 cup of brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1/3 cup of flavorless oil, such as canola or sunflower
• 1 1/2 tea spoons vanilla extract
• 4 plums sliced in half
• Orange zest for topping ( optional)
• Powder sugar for topping ( optional )

Instructions:

Pre heat your oven to 350 degrees:

1. Grease an 8 inch baking pan with butter , it can be round or square.
2. Using a mixer cream your butter til silky smooth. Add brown sugar to your butter and beat for 2 min.
3. Slowly add your eggs beating them one at a time and one minute apart.
4. While the mixer is working add the rest of your wet ingredients, such as oil and vanilla.
5. Combine together flour and baking powder, at lower speed add little by little to your mixer.
6. Pour your batter into baking pan you have prepared. Place your plum half’s on top and bake at 350 for 40 min.
7. Once it is baked removed from the oven and let it cool for 15 min before cutting.
8. Best served with ice cream.
9. Top with orange zest and powder sugar
10. Enjoy!
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