Vanilla Plum Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

12 plums (or equivelant of any other fruit)
300 g butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 lemon zest, grated
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup buttermilk or 1 cup yoghurt
3 1/2 cups self raising flour

Preparation

pre-heat oven to 160 degrees Celcius.
grease and line an oven roasting dish (or muffin tins).
cream butter and sugar.
add eggs one at a time.
mix in zest and vanilla.
gently stir in buttermilk/yoghurt and flour.
DON'T OVER MIX.
spoon into prepared dish and spread out.
arrange fruit over the cake batter, cut side up (the fruit will sink a little but this is fine).
if you are making muffins just put 1 or 2 pieces of fruit on top.
bake 50 - 60 minutes (or 25 minutes for muffins).