Plum Cake - PCOS-Friendly Recipe

Plum Cake
Servings: 10
Dessert

Nutrition per Serving

0 Calories
0g Protein
0g Carbs
0g Fat

Ingredients

  • 3 pounds Italian prune plums
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 stick unsalted butter
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
  • Brown sugar, for sprinkling

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Cut the plums into quarters, leaving the edges of the skin attached so that the quarters remain connected after removing the pit. Mix together the flour, sugar, lemon juice, baking powder, butter and egg in a large bowl with a wooden spoon, and then knead with your hands to form a dough. Press the dough down into a round cake pan with your fingers to form an even crust. Combine the granulated sugar and the cinnamon in a small cup and sprinkle some of the mixture on the dough. Layer the rows of prune quarters over the dough with the flesh facing upwards until the entire crust is covered. Sprinkle with some brown sugar. Bake the cake for 1 hour 30 minutes.
  2. NotesA viewer or guest of the show, who may not be a professional cook, provided this recipe. The Food Network Kitchens chefs have not tested this recipe and therefore, we cannot make representation as to the results.

PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe

This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Lemon.

Cinnamon is one of the best ingredients that someone with insulin sensitivity can eat. Half a teaspoon of cinnamon per day has been shown to be very effective at normalizing blood sugar levels. Cinnamon contains hydroxychalcone, which is thought to enhance the effects of insulin. It has also been suggested that Cinnamon prevents post-meal blood sugar spikes by slowing the gastric emptying rate - meaning that food digests slowly. (Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11506060). Lemons ca...

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