My Bundt cake pan is one of the heavy aluminum pans listed in #1 above - whoopee! I take very, very good care of it - keep it in the original box when not in use. Recently I made the Plum Cake recipe using baby food, remember that one? Baby food plums are not being offered anymore, so I substituted the apple and cherry baby food. It worked just fine, but this summer I plan to cook and puree fresh plums to put in the freezer just for this cake. I love the spice flavors of cloves, cinnamon, allspice, ginger and nutmeg in this Plum Cake recipe. I used English Mixed spice in making the cake this time. What about cocoa powder to sprinkle on the greased pan before filling with the batter? I've read to use that instead of flour when making a cake to prevent annoying blobs of white flour on the cake top.

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