Plum cake in a significant tradition of cake making: "...throughout the districts of the Loire, the Dordogne, the Lot and the Périgord, there [was] hardly a celebration, a wedding feast or celebration at which the dessert [did] not include some sort of plum or mirabelle tart, made with fresh or dried plums or jam according to the season." The Mirabelle plum is a specific cultivar used to make "Tarte aux mirabelles" (plum tart). A "Galette aux fruits" is a type of galette made with yeast dough and covered with previously cooked fruit in season, such as plums (or quinces, apples, apricots). The
Fruit wine bottling. Plum liquor, also known as "plum wine", is popular in both Japan and Korea, and is also produced in China. In China, plum wine is called "meijiu" (梅酒). Plum wine is normally made with distilled liquor and soaked with plum. The alcohol level is higher than typical fruit wine, which is fermented with just fruits. In Taiwan, a popular post-World War II innovation based on Japanese-style plum liquor is "wumeijiu" (烏梅酒; smoked plum liquor), which is made by mixing "Prunus mume" liquor (梅酒 "méijǐu"), "Prunus salicina" liquor (李酒 "lǐjǐu"), and oolong tea liquor. Another similar drink is plum jerkum,