Plum Kuchen
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
- 15 italian prunes, halved and pitted
- 1 cup sugar
- 1⁄4 cup butter, melted
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 3⁄4 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 cup dry breadcrumbs
- confectioners' sugar (optional)
directions
- Several hours (or even a short time) before baking, layer plums in a dish. Sprinkle with 1/4 c sugar and let stand, turning frequently. (Can add a small splash of cassis for good taste. Yum).
- For the cake, combine another 1/4 c sugar and melted butter in a bowl and mix well, using a wooden spoon or a whisk. Beat in milk and egg. Sift flour with baking powder and salt and mix into batter, blending well.
- Turn into a buttered 9 inch cake pan (or 8"square) or 7 x 11 pan.
- Drain plums reserving liquid and stand them up on end in batter. Combine bread crumbs, cinnamon and remaining 1/2 c of sugar and sprinkle over plums.
- Pour reserved plum juice over all and bake 40 minutes at 350.
- Just before serving, dust with confectioner's sugar.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Jezski
United States