Rustic plum torte

A gracious neighbor shared some home grown plums, so I went looking for a  plum torte recipe and found this. 

Followed it to the tee - 

Somehow my plums sank to the bottom during the bake - after I had poured the batter in, I realized that I had put the spring form of my pan top side down. Ah well. It did taste wonderful though. 







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