Best Eating Well Plum Torte Recipes
ORIGINAL PLUM TORTE
The Times published Marian Burros's recipe for Plum Torte every September from 1983 until 1989, when the editors determined that enough was enough. The recipe was to be printed for the last time that year. "To counter anticipated protests," Ms. Burros wrote a few years later, "the recipe was printed in larger type than usual with a broken-line border around it to encourage clipping." It didn't help. The paper was flooded with angry letters. "The appearance of the recipe, like the torte itself, is bittersweet," wrote a reader in Tarrytown, N.Y. "Summer is leaving, fall is coming. That's what your annual recipe is all about. Don't be grumpy about it." We are not! And we pledge that every year, as summer gives way to fall, we will make sure that the recipe is easily available to one and all. The original 1983 recipe called for 1 cup sugar; the 1989 version reduced that to 3/4 cup. We give both options below. Here are five ways to adapt the torte.
Provided by Marian Burros
Categories breakfast, brunch, easy, weekday, times classics, dessert
Time 1h15m
Yield 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream the sugar and butter in a bowl. Add the flour, baking powder, salt and eggs and beat well.
- Spoon the batter into a springform pan of 8, 9 or 10 inches. Place the plum halves skin side up on top of the batter. Sprinkle lightly with sugar and lemon juice, depending on the sweetness of the fruit. Sprinkle with about 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, depending on how much you like cinnamon.
- Bake 1 hour, approximately. Remove and cool; refrigerate or freeze if desired. Or cool to lukewarm and serve plain or with whipped cream. (To serve a torte that was frozen, defrost and reheat it briefly at 300 degrees.)
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 350, UnsaturatedFat 4 grams, Carbohydrate 57 grams, Fat 13 grams, Fiber 3 grams, Protein 4 grams, SaturatedFat 8 grams, Sodium 63 milligrams, Sugar 42 grams, TransFat 0 grams
EATING WELL PLUM TORTE
Provided by Marian Burros
Categories dessert, side dish
Time 55m
Yield 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Beat eggs, prunes and 1 cup of the sugar until blended.
- Beat in flour, baking powder and pinch of salt. Spoon into ungreased 8-, 9- or 10-inch spring form.
- Split and pit the plums, and place them on batter, skin side down, in concentric circles.
- Sprinkle generously with the cinnamon, 2 teaspoons of sugar and a few squeezes of lemon juice.
- Bake for about 40 minutes, until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool to lukewarm before serving. Can be reheated.
NEW AGE PLUM TORTE
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Beat the butter, 3/4 cup of the sugar and bananas with electric mixer until well blended. Beat in flour, baking powder and egg substitute until well blended.
- Spoon batter in 8- , 9- or 10-inch ungreased spring form. Arrange plum halves skin side down; sprinkle with 2 teaspoons of sugar -- more if plums are very tart -- a few squeezes of lemon juice and about 1 teaspoon cinnamon -- more if you like cinnamon.
- Bake one hour, approximately. Remove and cool; refrigerate or freeze, if desired. Or cool to lukewarm and serve.
- To serve torte that was frozen, defrost and reheat briefly at 300 degrees.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 270, UnsaturatedFat 2 grams, Carbohydrate 55 grams, Fat 6 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 2 grams, SaturatedFat 4 grams, Sodium 57 milligrams, Sugar 28 grams, TransFat 0 grams
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