FRUIT BASE:

• 25g Butter, melted
• ¼ cup Brown Sugar
• 1 tsp Mixed Spice
• 85g can Doris Plums, drained and remove pips

PUDDING SPONGE:

• 125g Butter, softened 
• ½ cup Castor Sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup of Standard Flour
• 2 tsp of Baking Powder
• 2 Tbsp milk
• 1tspn Vanilla Extract

METHOD:

Pre heat oven to 180 degrees.

Cream butter and castor sugar together until white with electric beater then add eggs one at a time. Sift in flour and baking powder mix and add milk and vanilla extract.

For the base mix your melted butter and brown sugar with mixed spice and place In a  lightly greased baking dish approximately 24cm square with atleast 8-10 cm depth (or similar volume) evenly place drained plums ( or alternative stewed or canned fruit ). 

Evenly spoon dobs of the sponge pudding batter all over the plums then with a spatula evenly soread to cover. If your dish is too large the mix won’t cover the plums but if you wanted to do a larger version of this just double to recipe, it will get eaten ! Beautiful left over for breakfast too ! 

Set oven at 180 degrees and bake for 40 minutes or until the pudding springs back when lightly touched. Serve warm with softly whipped cream.