TWD: Dimply Plum Cake

Michelle of Bake-en selected Dimply Plum Cake for this week's Tuesdays with Dorie. I have seen this cake around before when Helen made it and also again at the Smitten Kitchen, plus many other blogs including a chocolate version from Palachinka. Needless to say, it has made me curious.

We all know what a not-so-closet baked fruit hater I am (thought TWD has made me branch out and I do like some things a bit more than I used to). Anyway, it will come as no surprise that I wasn't a huge fan of this recipe - it is definitely just my taste though and not the recipe (though the husband - who is a baked fruit fan - didn't like it either - he wished I had sliced the plums thinner than just halved). I thought the cake part was good - great texture and flavor - I used dark brown sugar in mine and topped it with some turbinado for that sweet crunch I love.

I did love how the plums baked up with their sweet jamminess (is that even a word?) - but the huge pieces of plum (and our plums must've been quite a bit bigger than the ones Dorie uses because I couldn't fit as many as the recipe called for) were just too much for us. I probably will try this again with some other fruit options - and perhaps even the plums again, but will most likely slice the fruit in the future.

Make sure to check out the TWD blogroll for all the other Dimply Cakes running around the food blogging world today courtesy of the amazing book Baking From My Home To Yours!