Community Pick
German Plum Cake
photo by DeniseNC
- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Yields:
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1 cake
ingredients
- 1⁄4 lb butter
- 1⁄3 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon sour cream
- 1 pinch salt (only if you use unsalted butter)
- 1 teaspoon lemon, rind of
- 1 3⁄4 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 cups plums, pitted and sliced into thin wedges
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For the topping
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 3⁄4 cup flour
- 1⁄3 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
directions
- In a large bowl, cream the butter, add the sugar, vanilla, egg, lemon peel, sour cream and salt (if desired).
- Mix the flour and baking powder and add that into the mixture.
- Grease the base of a round baking pan and spread the dough over the pan.
- Liberally spread plums over the dough.
- To make the optional topping, cream the butter, add flour, sugar and cinnamon.
- Sprinkle over the plums and bake for 30-45 minutes in the middle rack at 375 F.
- Be careful not to let the bottom burn!
- Serve with lots of freshly-made whipped cream.
- If you like, you may also sprinkle rum or cinnamon over the fruit before baking.
Reviews
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Excellent plum kuchen. How ever I did make some changes to the recipe. I used 1 1/4 cups of flour for the batter. I followed the topping ingredients exactly. I sprinkled some brandy liquor mixed with some rum flavoring over the plum slices. My springform pan is an 8" that's what I used. I also found it necessary to put the kuchen under the broiler for less than 2 minutes, to slightly brown the crumb topping,and I used a heaping tablespoon (measure) of sour cream for the batter. My results were wonderful. This is a Keeper. Enjoy See My Photo (aseret66)
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As a child we had a German elderly couple who lived across the fence. Often they would send a plum cake and we would eat it all before it hit the table.it was so yummy. I was looking for that cake when I tried this recipe. But as for this cake.... The flavors were great, but the density of the base cake was too thick. next time I will decrease the flour by 3/4 cups (or so) and hopefully it will lighten and seem more moist. In the top I will decreas the flour too. I could sure taste the flour in the crumb topping.
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Tweaks
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Delicious! This was different from any other cake I have had. It was moist and tart. I am not a plum fan, but the baking makes the plums similar to peaches. I substituted applesauce for the butter in the bottom layer, and vanilla yogurt for the sour cream. This is great with a glass of milk to drink, or a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top.
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