Sloe Gin Plum Cake - an easy and delicious baking recipe for late summer

As the golden sunshine of late summer mellows into the gentle autumn mists, red and purple plums are at their juicy, sweet best. Make the most of these red and purple beauties with this simple baking recipe that’s just the kind of comfort food we want to see us through the change of season!

We’ve taken a traditional - and easy - recipe for plum cake and laced it with just a hint of warming, fruity and sweet sloe gin liqueur. And oh my, is it delicious!

You can go for the full-on rich flavours of sloe gin by making a two-ingredient glaze to cover your cake, or opt for a subtler hint of the liqueur by simply soaking your plums in the sloe gin before adding them to the cake batter. We love both options but for a real hit of delicious, deep flavour - go for the glaze!

You can buy sloe gin on our online shop or, if you’ve got the time and inclination, why not try making a batch of your own liqueur? We’ve got a super-easy recipe for homemade sloe gin that you can try if you’ve picked a load of sloes recently and aren’t sure what to do with them!

This recipe would also be just as delicious with damsons instead of (or as well as) plums, and you could even swop out the fruit and sloe gin for a similar combination of seasonal autumn fruit, such as apple and blackberry liqueur or pear and ginger liqueur.

We love this cake on its own, but it’s perhaps best served with a delicious dollop of thick clotted cream or ice cream (and a sloe gin hot chocolate, if you’re so inclined!) Happy baking!