Pflaumenkuchen!! German Plum Cake

[Hattie the Hen]

Hi there!

This is one of my most favourite cakes -- I have never quite decided whether it's a tart or a cake......?! Many years ago I baked it over & over again trying to reproduce the taste of a boyfriends childhood. Unfortunately I never quite managed it.........................!!!! But I grew to enjoy it. Unfortunately this year my plum tree has only one plum -- we had high winds & heavy rain at blossom time. I will have to buy them at the farmers market. Do any of you have good recipes -- I prefer those made with yeast:-

http://www.myhouseandgarden.com/recipes/Pflaumenkuchen.htm

But there is also one made with baking-powder:-

http://www.whats4eats.com/desserts/pflaumenkuchen-recipe

I have made it with damsons & that was sublime! Especially slightly warm with clotted cream ( an English speciality)! I think it is traditionally made with Switzen (sp?) plums in Germany -- I used to be able to buy them here all those years ago -- but no longer!

It is not a very sweet cake -- I like things on the tart side of sweet so you might like to have some powdered sugar ready to sprinkle on the top.

:rose Hattie :rose

 

[HiDelight]

Oh Hattie this is one of my favorite cakes I learned to make it from my friends mom who is from Germany and this is exactly how I do it

1. make a basic sweet yeast dough let it rise one time until double and then roll it into a round large baking pan
2. cut your plums in half and then slice them in ...well slices spread them out in a circle of fans start on the outside and working your way in edges of each ring barely layering
3. drizzle with heavy cream and sprinkle with quite a bit of sugar
4. bake in about a 350 oven until done

sorry for not being more exact but this is really it and very worth the time and effort to make

I have tried every color of plum and loved every one I made it is a great cake especially for tea or coffee time

 

[big brown horse]

That sounds easy and delicious!