September 3, 2025
Scented Baked Damsons/Plums with Ice Cream & Honeycomb Ice-cream
Fragrant Baked Damsons with Ice Cream & Honeycomb Crunch
Fragrant baked plums or damsons infused with honey, orange, and warm spices, served over vanilla ice cream and topped with homemade honeycomb shards. A simple yet elegant dessert.x
Print Pin RateServings: 4
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Ingredients
For the baked fruit
- 8 - 10 ripe plums or damsons, halved & stoned
- 2 tbsp runny honey (or maple syrup)
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 star anise (or ½ tsp ground cardamom for a softer note)
- 1/2 Zest & juice of orange
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
For the honeycomb
- 100 g caster sugar
- 4 tbsp golden syrup
- 11/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
To serve
- Good quality vanilla ice cream (or clotted cream ice cream for richness)
Instructions
Make the honeycomb
- Line a baking tray with parchment.
- Gently heat sugar and golden syrup in a saucepan without stirring until the mixture turns a deep golden amber.
- Remove from the heat, quickly whisk in the bicarbonate of soda (it will foam dramatically).
- Pour onto the lined tray, leave to cool and harden.
- Once set, crack into shards.
Bake the fruit
- Heat oven to 180°C (160°C fan).
- Place plums/damsons cut-side up in a baking dish.
- Drizzle with honey, scatter spices, and add orange zest & juice.
- Bake for 20–25 minutes until soft, fragrant, and syrupy.
Assemble
- Spoon warm baked plums with their juices over scoops of vanilla ice cream.
- Scatter with honeycomb shards.
- Serve immediately.
