Plum And Almond Slice

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• 160 g unsalted butter
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup plain flour
• 1/3 cup cornflour
• 2 tablespoons rice flour
• 1 1/2 tablespoons thinly sliced glace ginger
• 825 g canned plums in heavy syrup, drained,pitted and halved
• 1 cup sliced almonds
• 1 tablespoon warm honey

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 180°c.
• 2 lightly grease a 20cm square tin and line it with baking paper.
• 3 leave the paper hanging over the edges of the tin on all sides.
• 4 this will make it easy to lift the cooked slice out of the tin.
• 5 cream the butter and sugar in a small bowl with electric beaters until light and fluffy.
• 6 add the eggs one at that time, beating well after each addition.
• 7 sift the flours over the mixture of fold into the mixture along with the ginger.
• 8 spread into the tin.
• 9 arrange the plum halves on top, pressing them in carefully.
• 10 scatter with the flaked almonds, pressing in gently.
• 11 drizzle with the honey.
• 12 bake for one hour and 10 minutes, or are until firm and golden.
• 13 if the slice starts to brown too quickly as it cooks, cover it with foil.
• 14 cool in the tin, then lift out, using the paper as handles, before cutting into pieces.
• 15 the slice can be kept for four to five days if stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator.