Plum Tea Cakes

Makes 12 tea cakes

Dry Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour
• 1/2 cup almond flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 3/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt

Wet Ingredients:

• 1/2 tsp orange zest
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 2 plums, peeled and sliced
• 1/3 cup light brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 plum, peeled and finely chopped
• 2 tbsp whole wheat purpose flour

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325F. Grease mini-bundt pan with some non-stick cooking spray. Keep aside.
2. In a huge bowl, sift all dry ingredients.
3. Puree 2 sliced plums with orange juice. Add this into a bowl with orange zest, light brown sugar and vanilla extract. Stir to combine.
4. In a small bowl, gently coat chopped plum with flour. Keep aside.
5. Combine wet ingredients into dry ingredients. Stir just until combined. Do not over-mix.
6. Gently fold in chopped plum.
7. Evenly distribute batter into prepared mini bundt pan. Bake for 20 minutes. Allow tea cakes to cool in pan for 20 minutes before inverting onto a cooling rack.
8. Devour with a cuppa tea or coffee!