Plums Summer Recipes

"This cake makes use of gorgeous summer ripe plums. It is easy to put together, looks quite beautiful and tastes super yummy. It is only slightly sweet and has a great fruity flavour that goes great with the poppy seeds."

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Ingredients: eggs, milk, plums...

"This fruity cake is sooooo good! It is full of summer flavour and has a great airy, cakey texture. I was very, very happy with this recipe from German chef Tim Mälzer and will now use this as a base for all my fruit cakes. Feel free to use other fruits, but keep in mind that some might be too juicy for the cake. I hope youll enjoy this cake as..."

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Ingredients: demerara sugar, potato starch...

"Jumbo popovers are a wonderful breakfast or brunch item! They are great served warm with plum butter (recipe follows), fruit and mimosas for a festive brunch. You can make and freeze the popovers up to 7 days ahead, and the plum butter up to 4 days ahead. From my mother's recipe files."

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Ingredients: cinnamon, eggs, margarine...

"This is from the Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream & Dessert book. I made this with my overripe Santa Rosa plums from my tree. It was a lovely surprise how good it was. I think I like it better than Strawberry Ice Cream."

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Ingredients: eggs, heavy cream, milk...

"A quick and simple moist, dense cake with the flavour of plums and brown sugar. Feel free to use any fruit or berries you like instead of the plums. I used half whole wheat and half all purpose flour when I made this and also used light cream cheese and fat free yogurt. Cup measurements are estimates as I normally use grams."

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Ingredients: cream cheese, eggs...

"This is a sweet and sour condiment. Use it in Chinese cuisine as a dip for deep-fried dishes, such as spring rolls, egg rolls, pork, noodles, and deep-fried tofu as well as for roast duck or chicken. It is made from sweet tart plums along with sugar, vinegar, ginger and chilies."

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Ingredients: Thai basil, fresh ginger...

"So easy and so delicious! This jam is sweet with just a hint of tartness. For Christmas I gave out pint jars with home-made mini loaves of bread to my co-workers, after Christmas break they all said it was the best jam they had ever had, a few even asked if they could buy some from me because it was already gone!!!"

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Ingredients: gelatin, plums, sugar...

"I made this pie from Food and Drink magazine last week to use up some prune plums I had bought. We just loved it. A friend gave me some more prune plums from her tree so I am making another one!"

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Ingredients: ground cardamom, Italian plums...

"Tart plums perk up this herb-rich Turkish "Georgian-style" stew. From Joyce Goldstein's "Sephardic Flavors"."

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Ingredients: dried mint, fresh dill...

"This is a traditional fresh plum cake, thought to have originated in the town of Augsburg, Germany. It is made with fresh Italian prune plums which are at their peak in late summer. Perfect for the afternoon coffee hour. Serve at room temperature, with a dollop of fresh whipped cream!"

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Ingredients: eggs, milk, plums...

"This is considered to be THE German fruit tart. Traditionally this is baked on yeast pastry, but the sweet German pastry is also a perfect base. It must be made with cold butter and the dough chilled before using, otherwise there is a tendency to add additional flour, which is a mistake. The crust rises up between the fruits and the delicious juices..."

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Ingredients: eggs, Italian plums...