Plum Torte

This is amazing, and when plums are in season, it would be worth making a few and freezing them for future use. My spouse made this for a family dinner, and it disappeared immediately, and we would have made a serious dent in another one had it been available. It calls for a springform pan, but he made it in a parchment lined layer cake pan and it came out easily. 1 cup all-purpose flour, sifted 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 pinch salt 3/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature 2 large eggs 10 to 12 Italian prune plums, pitted and halved lengthwise 1 pinch Turbinado sugar and ground cinnamon for sprinkling Heat the oven to 350° F. Whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt in a small bowl and set aside. In the bowl of a standing mixer or handheld beaters, cream the sugar and butter until very light and fluffy. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula. Add the dry ingredients and the eggs all at once, and beat until combined, scraping down the bowl once or twice. Spread the batter into an 8 or 9-inch spring form pan. Arrange the plum halves, skin side up, on top of the batter in concentric circles. Sprinkle the batter and fruit lightly with turbinado sugar and cinnamon (I use about 2 teaspoons of sugar and 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon, but adjust these to your taste). Bake the torte for 40 to 50 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean. Cool the cake in its pan on a rack for 10 minutes, and then release the spring and let it finish cooling just on the base. Once it's cool, serve as soon as possible. Or, you can double-wrap the torte in foil, put it in a sealed plastic zip lock bag and freeze (for up to one year!).