PLUM KUCHEN

Ingredients....1 and 1/2 cups of plain flour, 1 and 1/2 tsp of baking powder, 1 tsp of ground cinnamon, pinch of salt, 100gm of softened butter/ marg, 2/3 rds of a cup of castor sugar, 2 eggs lightly beaten, 1 dsp of vanilla extract, 1/2 tsp of almond extract, 1/2 cup of sour cream, 5 large plums, each cut into 8 slices. For the topping......1/4cup of castor sugar, mixed with 1/2 tsp of ground cinnamon, 2 tbs of butter/ marg, melted. Preheat your oven to 180 deg C. Lightly grease a 2 litre ovenproof dish. Mix the dry ingredients into a bowl. In the bowl of your mixer , cream the butter and 2/3rds of a cup of castor sugar, until light and fluffy. Stir the almond and vanilla extract into the lightly beaten eggs and slowly beat into the butter and sugar mixture. Now stir in the the dry ingredients, alternating with the sour ccream to make a smooth batter. Spread into the prepared dish. Arrange the plum slices in four rows over top. Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar over the plums. Finish off with drizzling the melted butter over. Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes or until firm and springy to the touch. Cool before cutting and serving.