Plum Shortcake
By: Anonymous
Published: Thursday, December 3, 2009 - 2:16am

Ingredients




1 1/2 pounds Firm plums, pitted and quartered
1/2 cup Water
1/4 cup Creme de cassis
3 tablespoons Butter, cut into small pieces
2 Strips lemon zest
3 tablespoons Sugar
1 cup Flour
2 teaspoons Baking powder
1/4 teaspoon Salt
4 tablespoons Sugar
3/4 stk butter (6 Tbsp)
1/4 cup Milk

Preparation

1 Simmer the water, sugar, casses and zest in a pan over medium heat for 5 minutes. Add plums and cook til tender, about 4 minutes. Remove from heat, discard zest and add butter. Stir til butter melts. 2 Use this to top shortcake in the following recipe. Best served warm with heavy cream whipped with 1 teasp cassis or almond extract and 1 Tbsp sugar. 3 SHORTCAKE: Mix together dry ingredients. Cut in butter; either incorporate with pastry cutter, forks or your fingers til mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in milk. Push into pie plate or 8-inch cake pan. Bake 15 minutes in preheated 400 degree F oven.