Little Prune Cakes with Custard

Serves 4

Dried prunes Photo: By Emőke Dénes - kindly granted by the author, CC BY-SA 4.0

Ingredients

12 prunes, pitted
140g unsalted butter
80g soft brown sugar
40g caster sugar
2 eggs
140g flour

Method

Preheat the oven to 180˚C. Butter and flour 4 x 6cm ramekins. Chop the prunes and set to one side.

Cream the butter and sugar together in an electric bench-top mixer for about 8 minutes.

Beat the eggs together and slowly add to the mixture, then fold in the flour.

Stir in the chopped prunes and divide the mixture between the ramekins.

Place onto a flat baking sheet and bake in the oven for 45 minutes. Remove the cakes from the oven and set to one side for 5 minutes.

Run a table knife around the edges of the cakes and turn out onto warm plates and spoon the custard over them.