"I’m not handling this very well. I don’t want summer to be almost over. I don’t care that I love fall; I love even more not having to wear jackets and toe-covering shoes and socks. I hate socks most of all. Everyone knows that fall is abundantly short-lived and all of a sudden you’re catapulted into the longest, winter ever, and … I’m not ready." (Smitten Kitchen)

What makes fall worthwhile for so many of us? Fall baking, of course! Read Dimply Plum Cake from Smitten Kitchen, starring the orbs of fruit called plums, the purple, red, golden, garnet, bruised-blue stone fruits that ride the cusp of summer and fall. Let's see what else we can do with plums, piles of plump and pretty plums.

Photo courtesy of Joy the Baker

SWEET PLUMS
Joy the Baker ~ Honey-Roasted Plums with Greek Yogurt
80 Breakfasts ~ Plum & Nectarine Galette
Cafe Lynnylu ~ Wild Plum Ice Cream

Photo courtesy of Cafe LynnyLu

SAVORY PLUMS
Mango & Tomato ~ Plum Pizza
Not Eating Out in New York ~ Plum, Feta & Fresh Mint Panini

PLUM PRESERVES
The Kitchn ~ Peach, Plum & Ginger Jam
Anne's Food ~ Marie's Plum Chutney
Christine Cooks ~ Ridiculously Simple Balsamic-Kissed Plum Jam

Not interested in cooking with plums?

How about a plum in poetry, An Elusive Delicious Plum from EggBeater?

How about visiting a real-life plum farm in Argentina, Plum Season on Don Caro's Farm from From Argentina with Love?

BlogHer food editor Alanna Kellogg puts Italian plums into Green Smoothies