Plum (or other fruit) shortcake - highly yummy and I'm serious when I say it's the world's easiest recipe. Here's what you do: beat together 4oz each of ground almonds, self-raising flour, sugar and butter (or marg), plus one egg. Divide the resulting mixture (which will be quite stiff, not pourable, more like a cookie dough than cake batter) in half, and press half of it into the bottom of a cake tin (I use the kind with the removeable bottom) - you need a fairly small tin, I think mine is 6 inches in diameter. Then, place some halved & stoned (but not peeled) plums on top of this, covering the batter - leave a little gap at the edges or it will ooze a lot. Then press the remaining dough on top, to cover. Bake in a moderate oven (gas 4, 190C) for 40-50 minutes. And that's it. Told you it was easy. You can use other fruit - any soft fruit works ok. Plums are our favourite, though.
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