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    Home > Breakfast & Brunch

    Plum Crumble Bread

    Published: Sep 29, 2017 · Modified: Mar 23, 2020 by Nicky Corbishley

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    Plum Crumble Bread - with a crunchy, buttery streusel topping and almond icing drizzle!


    Plum Crumble Bread - with a crunchy, buttery streusel topping and almond icing drizzle! A delicious treat for brunch or afternoon tea!

    I love that it's socially acceptable to eat cake at 10:30am and call it brunch. It makes my cake addiction almost sound posh 🙂

    If you don't eat it all at once, you'll have enough left for afternoon tea too. Double posh!

    As a blogger and freelancer, I often find I have boundaries to work within - whether it's a pasta recipe for a brand, an easy picnic recipe for a website or a seasonal recipe for Kitchen Sanctuary (usually start on these at least a couple of weeks before the season starts).

    Plum Crumble Bread - with a crunchy, buttery streusel topping and almond icing drizzle! A delicious treat for brunch or afternoon tea!

    I don't mind that at all, and in fact I often find that I work better, and can be more creative when working within certain boundaries.

    This time though, I was pottering around the kitchen, and I decided that I just felt like making plum bread. No deadline requirements, no need to blog about it at all really, I just fancied making a cake.

    Total bliss!

    Plum Crumble Bread - with a crunchy, buttery streusel topping and almond icing drizzle! A delicious treat for brunch or afternoon tea!

    It ended up being so good, I had to share it!

    I decided to go with a vanilla flavoured sponge - made light and fluffy with the use of Greek yogurt and baking soda (the acid and alkaline mixture react to give a nice rise). I piled plums and some of the streusel mixture in the middle of the cake, then topped it off with the remaining plums and streusel.

    Knowing how much Chris loves almond flavour, I decided to compliment the ground almonds in this cake with an almond icing drizzle.

    Plum Crumble Bread - with a crunchy, buttery streusel topping and almond icing drizzle! A delicious treat for brunch or afternoon tea!

    And let me tell you, I might have to use that icing on everything now! So simple, I don't know why I haven't thought of it before. I had to prise the bowl out of Chris's hands so he wouldn't lick it clean.

    More Cake Ideas

    Still hungry for more?  I have got quite a selection of cakes and muffins in my Cakes and Treats Category such as:

    Homemade Battenburg < Chris's favourite!

    Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream Cake

    Cake Bites with Coffee Walnut Sauce

    Cherry Crumble Cake

    Pineapple Upside Down Cake < This is gluten free too!

    Fruit Soda Bread

    Coconut Pineapple Bread

    Raspberry and white chocolate loaf

    And loads more.....

    The Plum Crumble Bread Recipe:

    Plum Crumble Bread - with a crunchy, buttery streusel topping and almond icing drizzle! A delicious treat for brunch or afternoon tea!

    Plum Crumble Bread

    By: Nicky Corbishley
    Plum Crumble Bread - with a crunchy, buttery streusel topping and almond icing drizzle! A delicious treat for brunch or afternoon tea!
    5 from 4 votes
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    Prep Time 15 mins
    Cook Time 1 hr 5 mins
    Total Time 1 hr 20 mins
    Course Brunch
    Cuisine British
    Servings 10 servings
    Calories 454 kcal

    Ingredients
     

    Streusel topping:

    • 140 g plain (all-purpose) flour
    • 85 g cold unsalted butter, cut into small cubes
    • 75 g golden caster sugar, or superfine sugar
    • ½ tsp salt

    Plum cake:

    • 1 large egg
    • 140 g light brown muscavado sugar
    • 130 ml vegetable oil (or melted coconut oil)
    • 1 tsp vanilla extract
    • 1 tsp almond extract
    • 65 g ground almonds
    • 80 g Greek yogurt
    • 200 g plain (all-purpose) flour
    • ½ tsp baking powder
    • ½ tsp baking soda
    • 6 fresh ripe but not too soft, plums - cut into fairly thin (5 mm at thickest part) wedges

    Almond drizzle:

    • 60 g confectioners' sugar
    • ½ tsp almond extract
    • 1-2 tsp cold water

    INSTRUCTIONS
     

    • Preheat the oven to 175C(350F) and grease a 1lb loaf tin with oil spray or a little unsalted butter.
    • Make the streusel first by placing the flour and butter in a large bowl and rubbing together with your fingertips until you get breadcrumbs (I like to have a mix of small breadcrumbs and large lumps). Stir in the sugar and salt. Put to one side.
    • Now make the cake. Mix the egg and sugar in a large bowl. Add the oil and stir. Add the vanilla extract, almond extract, ground almonds and Greek yogurt and stir again.
    • Sift in the flour, baking powder and baking soda. Fold together, using a spatula, until combined. Pour half of the mixture into the prepared baking tin. Layer half of the plum slices on top of the mixture, and sprinkle on half of the streusel mixture.
    • Top with the remaining cake mix and layer on the remaining plum slices in two lines. Arrange the remaining streusel mixture around the plums (it's fine if it covers the plums a little, but try not to hide them completely).
    • Place in the oven to cook for 55-65 minutes (until and inserted skewer comes out clean). Take out of the oven and leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes then remove from tin and allow to cool further on a cooling rack.
    • Whilst the cake is cooling, make the drizzle. Place the confectioners' sugar in a bowl and add the almond extract and half the water. Whisk together until thick and smooth. Add a little more water if needed until you get thick drizzling consistency.
    • Drizzle the glaze over the cake and serve.

    ✎ Notes

    Nutritional Information is per serving.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 454kcalCarbohydrates: 59gProtein: 6gFat: 22gSaturated Fat: 13gCholesterol: 35mgSodium: 194mgPotassium: 159mgFiber: 2gSugar: 31gVitamin A: 375IUVitamin C: 3.8mgCalcium: 57mgIron: 2.1mg
    Keywords Afternoon Tea, Baking Ideas, Sunday Afternoon
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    1. Liz says

      March 27, 2021 at 2:38 pm

      5 stars
      A hit with all the family. Easy to make and it tastes delicious!

      Reply
    2. Kate says

      December 11, 2020 at 8:18 am

      5 stars
      One of the most incredible breads I've made, although definitely more like cake than bread with how sweet and moist it is!

      Unfortunately I wasn't able to get enough plums so made one bread with plums and substituted with white nectarines for the other - they were both delicious, Family were all raving and informed me it tasted exactly like the cake their mother from Germany used to make. Will definitely be one of my regular go-to's for family events.

      Reply
    3. Anine says

      August 16, 2020 at 2:39 pm

      5 stars
      Whole family loved it was gone in no time. I left the sugary topping out it does not need it

      Reply
    4. Jacob says

      July 03, 2020 at 9:40 pm

      Do we use plain Greek yogurt or vanilla Greek yogurt for this?

      Reply
      • Chris Corbishley says

        July 07, 2020 at 5:59 pm

        Hi Jacob,

        Plain Greek yogurt would work best. If you use vanilla yoghurt you can always leave out the vanilla extract.

        Thanks

        Chris & Nicky

        Reply
    5. Barbara says

      July 10, 2018 at 10:12 am

      5 stars
      Having an afternoon tea family gathering this weekend, this is going to be my contribution.

      Reply
    6. Karly says

      October 04, 2017 at 1:02 am

      Holy moly does this look delicious! I've never tried a plum cake of any kind, but this one is going to convince me single handedly. Love!

      Reply
    7. Eileen says

      September 30, 2017 at 3:50 pm

      This is one of the most amazing sweet breads that I have ever laid eyes on!

      Reply
      • Nicky Corbishley says

        October 02, 2017 at 1:49 pm

        Thanks Eileen 😀

        Reply

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