Since it's summertime, I'm trying to knock out a bunch of the cakes with fresh fruit. I went to the farmers market and since they did not have the right plums, I bought pluots. Pluots are a hybrid of a plum and an apricot. I tasted one and loved it so I figured it'd be great in a cake.
For some reason I decided to cut these pluots into half circles rather than the normal fruit quarters. Big mistake. The cake looks like a planet with craters... or a cake with sliced hot dogs. yuck.
I served it at a dinner party at my parent's house and wouldn't let anyone see it until it was sliced. The slices are much better since you can't actually tell what the cake itself looks like:
