Mock Plum Upside-Down Cake

I'm still looking for ways to use up our plums after making countless jars of jam. It is fun to eat them now and find different ways to put them in recipes. Last night we had my Plum Good Chicken. Here is a delicious cake that is like an upside-down cake only you don't flip it over. It's good while still hot with ice cream!

Serves 6-8

7 Tbsp. chilled unsatled butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes, plus more for the pan
1 cup flour, plus more for the pan
2 Tbsp. sugar, plus 1/2 cup for topping
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. kosher salt
6 Tbsp. milk
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 egg
5 plums, pitted and cut into eighths
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon

1. Heat oven to 400 degrees. Grease an 8 X 8-inch pan with butter and dust with flour; set aside.
2. In a food processor, pulse together the flour, 2 Tbsp. sugar, baking powder and salt. Add 4 Tbsp. chilled butter and pulse until pea-size pieces form. Put into a separate bowl.
3. In a another bowl, mix together milk, vanilla and egg; add to flour mixture and stir with a wooden spoon until just combined.
4. Transfer dough to prepared pan and spread over the bottom of the pan; arrange plum slices in rows on top of dough.

5. Combine remaining sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over plums. Melt remaining butter and drizzle over plums. Bake until browned and bubbly, about 30 minutes. Let cool slightly before slicing and serving.

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