{"id":2650,"date":"2026-02-15T18:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipe4thecook.com\/\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T18:42:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:42:00","slug":"rosemary-walnut-shortcake-with-roasted-plums-and-g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/rosemary-walnut-shortcake-with-roasted-plums-and-g\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosemary Walnut Shortcake With Roasted Plums And G"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Ingredients<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Cake<br \/>\n3\/4 C. cake flour<br \/>\n1\/4 C. roasted walnut pieces<br \/>\n2 tsp. corn flour<br \/>\n1\/4 tsp. salt<br \/>\n1\/2 tsp. baking powder<br \/>\n1 tsp. brown sugar<br \/>\n1 Tbsp. fresh rosemary leaves, finely chopped (or 1 tsp. dried)<br \/>\n1 1\/2 Tbsp. olive oil<br \/>\n5 ounces whipping cream<br \/>\nRoasted Plums plus Grapes<br \/>\n2 red or purple plums<br \/>\n1 C. red seedless grapes<br \/>\n1 C. green seedless grapes<br \/>\n1 Tbsp. butter<br \/>\n1 Tbsp. sugar<br \/>\n1 Tbsp. water<br \/>\n3\/4 C. toasted walnut pieces<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Cooking Instructions<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Preheat oven to 425. Toast walnuts in skillet over high heat until fragrant. Transfer to  bowl plus cool. Place all dry ingredients (except rosemary) in food processor plus pulse  until walnuts are finely ground, Transfer to medium bowl plus blend in rosemary. Blend  whipping cream plus olive oil. Make well in center of dry ingredients; pour in cream plus  oil mixture. Using a fork, pull dry ingredients gradually into wet until moist. Do not overmix.  Gather dough into a ball plus lightly knead 6-8 times only on lightly floured surface.  Slightly flatten dough into a circle plus cut into 4 equal wedges. With floured hands, pat  sides; top of each wedge into 3\/4 inch thick disc plus place, sides touching in lightly  greased 8-inch cake pan. Brush tops with additional cream; bake in center of oven at 425  until light golden brown, about 12-15 minutes. Serve with roasted plums plus grapes.  Roasted Plums and Grapes:  Add plums to 1 quart boiling water; blanch 1 minute. Refresh plums with cold water.  Using small, sharp knife, carefully peel plums, halve plus pit, in large heavy skillet melt 1  Tbls. butter. Add 1 Tbls. sugar plus plums then cut sides down. Cook 5  minutes until lightly caramelized. Turn plums over and add 1 Tbls. water, cook 5  minutes. Remove plums to plate, increase heat to medium-high. Add tossed grapes in  skillet until soft (approximately 3 minutes). For each serving, halve a shortcake  horizontally. Place bottom half, cut side up, on plate; spoon 1\/4 of grapes and pan juices  on top. Top with a plum half, cut side up, 1\/4 of toasted walnuts, top of shortcake, cut  side down. Serve with sweetened whipped cream plus garnish with sprig rosemary.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&quot;Jesus *said to them, &quot;My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work.&quot; (John 4:34)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cake<\/p>\n <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/rosemary-walnut-shortcake-with-roasted-plums-and-g\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cake"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2650\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}