Recipe #23: Plum Torte

So if you haven't noticed, I love any dessert that is served warm with ice cream on top. I saw this lovely dessert on @rachtotheizzo's twitter, and I just had to try it out. She sweet enough to e-mail me the recipe, and I whipped it up the next day. I still have some in the freezer for when I'm having a sweet-tooth emergency.

This recipe is super simple, but the Italian plums are really only around in the fall. Luckily, I bought a bunch of extras and froze those too. This recipe is so easy, I know I'll be able to whip it up for a quick treat.

Ingredients

*1/2 cup butter, softened

*3/4 cup sugar

*1 cup all purpose flour

*1 teaspoon baking powder

*2 eggs, beaten

*12 Italian prune plums, halved and pitted

*Cinnamon for sprinkling

Directions

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 F. Lightly grease a 9x9 baking pan.

2. Cream butter and sugar together, then mix in flour and baking powder. Slowly add eggs until smooth.

3. Pour mixture into pan, and top with plum halves, skin side up. Sprinkle cinnamon over the top, lightly. Bake for 45-55 minutes. Serve warm with ice cream or frozen yogurt!

Recipe #22: Apple Cinnamon Muffins

Mmm... Made these last night, and they perfect for breakfast. Warm and tasty, but not too sweet!

I made changes, as usual. I doubled the cinnamon, used butter instead of canola oil, and added a sprinkle of cinnamon sugar on top!

Ingredients

*2 cups all-purpose flour

*1/2 cup brown sugar

*2 teaspoons baking powder

*2 teaspoons cinnamon

*1 egg

*1/4 cup butter, melted

*3/4 cup apple juice (room temperature)

*2 spartan apples, peeled, cored and finely diced

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 F, and lightly grease bottoms of 12 muffin cups (or use liners).

2. Mix all dry ingredients together in a medium bowl. Combine all liquid ingredients (butter, egg and apple juice) in a smaller bowl. Pour liquid mixture into dry mixture and stir until just combined. Add chopped apples.

3. Spoon mix into muffin cups. Sprinkle cinnamon and sugar on top (optional). Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean. Serve warm!