18 Perfect Plum Dessert Recipes

Quick and Simple Plum Cake

It doesn't get much easier than this simple plum cake. Recipe creator LenaM recommends using a food processor to speed up the process, but you can mix it by hand.

Plum Blueberry Upside-Down Cake

Here's an impressive and colorful cake you'll be proud to serve at your next summer gathering. Make sure to snap a quick photo or two before digging in!

Spicy Oven-Roasted Plums

This fresh and fruity dessert is easy to make in the oven. Recipe creator JJOYB53 says it's great served with vanilla bean ice cream, angel food, and pound cake.

Plum Jam Cookies

Looking for a delicious sandwich cookie to serve at your holiday party? Your search ends here. This recipe calls for plum preserves, but you can use whatever jam you have on hand.

Plum Cake

Make this simple cake with just seven easy-to-find ingredients: eggs, butter, sugar, lemon zest, all-purpose flour, baking powder, and pitted plums.

Plum Buckle

If you have lots of plums to eat up, put them to delicious use in a 9x13-inch pan! Seven cups of pitted and quartered plums get topped with an easy-to-mix batter and baked into a luscious dessert. Try it served warm with vanilla ice cream.

Plum Clafouti

Baking this dessert fills your house with a warm cinnamon aroma, says recipe creator GibsonsGirl. Serve with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, or a simple homemade custard.

Honey Ginger Plum Sundae

Try this quick and healthy recipe for breakfast (layered with Greek yogurt) or dessert (layered with frozen yogurt or vanilla ice cream).

Banana Plum Bread

This simple bread (made with fewer than 10 ingredients you probably already have on hand) is beautiful and indulgent, but not too sweet.

Plum Custard Kuchen

"This was a great and simple dessert — my great niece wanted to make something with our abundance of plums and this was loved by the family," says reviewer cheerfulnelly.

Plum Crisp

This seven-ingredient dessert (made with sugar, margarine, eggs, all-purpose flour, baking powder and soda, mashed bananas, and plums) is easy to throw together on a summer night.

Plum Flummery

This fruity mousse makes good use of pre-stewed plums, according to recipe creator Kellie Constable. Make sure to chill completely before serving.

Potato Plum Dumplings

Fruit dumplings are a classic central European dessert. This Austrian version uses russet potatoes in the dough, which gets wrapped around a sugar cube-stuffed plum. After boiling, the sweet crumb-coated dumplings are finished in buttery skillet to crisp up the outsides.

Zwetschgendatschi (German Plum Sheet Cake)

"Zwetschgendatschi is a classic German plum sheet cake from Bavaria — a short crust pastry, topped with Italian plums," according to recipe creator barbara. "It is traditionally served with vanilla sugar-sweetened whipped cream."

Plum Pie

A sweetly crunchy brown sugar-hazelnut streusel topping is the perfect finishing touch for this summer pie. You can use apples or cherries in place of plums, according to recipe creator MARBALET.

Fresh Fruit Frangipane Tart

Frangipane is a sweet, almond-flavored custard that every baker should know how to make. "Bring this to a picnic and your friends will ask what bakery you went to," according to Chef John.

Fresh Fruit Cobbler

This classic summer dessert is best served right out of the oven with ice cream or whipped cream, according to recipe creator Victor Pierson.

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Peach and Plum Cake

This summer cake is a great way to use up an excess of summer produce. What secret ingredient makes it extra decadent and moist? A cup of plain yogurt.

More Inspiration

Find more delicious seasonal inspiration in our collection of Fruit Dessert Recipes.