I’m in love with fresh fall fruits! Especially when you can pick them yourself, like these beautiful juicy plums in my aunts garden. We picked two buckets full last week and went to “work” the day after. The result: Super-delicious streusel plum cakes. Yum!
{german plum cake with streusel}
By Published: October 2, 2012
- Yield: 2 28-cm (11in) tart pans or 1 baking sheet (12 Servings)
I’m in love with fresh fall fruits! Especially when you can pick them yourself, like these beautiful juicy plums in my aunts garden. …
Ingredients
- 1 package fresh yeast about {20g}
- 1 cup milk {250ml}, luke warm
- 4 cups flour {500g}
- 1/3 cup sugar {75g}
- 1 pinch salt
- 3 tbsp. vegetable oil
- 3/4 cup flour {100g}
- 1/3 cup sugar {75g}
- some vanilla
- 1/3 cup margarine {75g}
- 2 1/4 pounds plums {1kg}
Instructions
- Mix the yeast with 1 teaspoon of sugar and 5 tablespoons of lukewarm milk.
- Sieve 2/3rds of the flour into a large bowl, make a well in the center and fill with the yeast-mixture.
- Pour the sugar, salt and oil in a circle around the yeast.
- Start mixing from the center and add milk little by little.
- Pour the rest of the flour in the dough. The dough needs to be soft but not sticky.
- Cover with a clean and moist kitchen towel. Let sit in a warm place (we used the oven at 125°F/50°C) for about 20–40 minutes or until the dough has doubled in size.
- While the dough is rising, wash the plums, cut a slit on one side and remove pit.
- Knead the dough and roll out on floured surface and place on a greased baking sheet or two tart pans.
- Top with plum, starting along the edge, moving inwards and plums slightly overlapping. Let sit for about 10 minutes.
- In the meantime, make the streusel by mixing the flour, sugar, vanilla and margarine by hand until you have a crumbly texture. You might have to add some more flour to get the right texture.
- Sprinkle the streusel over the cake.
- Bake at 350°F/180°C (in preheated oven) for about 40 minutes or until golden brown.
Notes
If the plums are really juicy, you can sprinkle some rolled oats over the cake before adding the streusel to absorb some of the excess moisture.
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Comments
That looks delicious! I’ve never tried anything like this before. Hopefully I can try this out soon. Megan
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Thank you so much for your sweet words, Megan! :)
xo! Vanessa
I cannot get the recipe to come up to print. Am I doing something wrong?
Oh, no! I totally forgot to attach the recipe.. Oops!
It should be there now. ;)
Thank you so much for letting me know.
I hope you’re having a great week!
xo’s from Germany! Vanessa
Maybe I’m ditzy, but I can’t find this recipe anywhere. The “print recipe” prompt didn’t work either. Can you help? Thanks!
I had the post scheduled and didn’t notice that I totally forgot to attach the recipe. Oops! ;)
It should be there now! I hope you’ll like it.
xo!! Vanessa
Oh Vanessa, this looks so good that I think if I had one made my family would never know about it.…I’d eat it all myself! LOL.
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Hehe, thank you so much, Sinea! :)
I hope you’re having a great week!
xo! Vanessa
YUM! That looks soo good! and so wonderful that you got to pick them from your aunts garden! :) :) xo Holly
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Thank you so much for your sweet comment, Holly! :)
XO’s! Vanessa
Looks so delicious! Wow!
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Thank you so much, Carolyn! :)
XO!! Vanessa
Looks like a very yummy recipe, book marking it so I can make it. I love plums. But, I have never cooked or backed with them before.
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Thank you so much for your sweet comment, JennyLynn! :)
You should definitely give it a try if you like plums!
Hugs! Vanessa
I have shared your recipe here on my Farm Girl Blog Fest: http://fresh-eggs-daily.blogspot.com/2012/09/farm-girl-friday-blog-fest-2.html
Thanks for inviting me over, Lisa! I’m off to check out the party right now. :)
xo! Vanessa
That was supposed to read: “Thanks for sharing”.. My brain’s turned off, haha.
I think I’m ready for bed. ;)
That looks and sounds SO delecios! Found you on the link up :) Love your blog!
Thank you, Gina! :)
XO! Vanessa
Hi Vanessa! This looks amazing! I would love it if you would share it on the Clever Chicks Blog Hop this week!
http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/09/clever-chicks-blog-hop-2-featured-post.html
I hope to see you there!
Cheers!
Kathy
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Thank you so much, Kathy! :)
I’m off to check out your party right now!
xo! Vanessa
Oh my! that looks soooooooo yummy!
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Thank you, Kate! :D
XO! Vanessa
Yum, plums are delicious and this streusel looks fabulous! Thanks for sharing at The Fun In Functional!
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Thank you for your sweet comments, Jessi! :)
xo! Vanessa
Wow, this is just what I need! We have 8 plum trees in our garden and there is only SO much jamming I can do. ;)
I particularly ove that simply by using non-dairly margarine this will be vegan.
Thanks so much for sharing this recipe with us. I’m off to check out some of your other posts. :)
Oops! ‘ove ’ should be ‘Love’ and ‘dairly’ shoud read ‘dairy’
Trying to multi-task will be the death of me.
Nina, thank you so much for your sweet comment! :)
Let me know if you give the recipe a try — I would love to hear how you like it!
I hope you’re having a great weekend!
xo! Vanessa
Vanessa,it looks great! I featured it today on my blog… Thank you for sharing!
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Yay! Thank you so much, Desirée! I’m off to check out that post right now! ;)
Besos!
Vanessa
Oh my friend, this looks/sounds amazing. Thank you for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things hop. I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to stop by and say thank you. xo
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Thank you so much!! :D
XO! Vanessa
Thanks so much for sharing this German Plum Cake with Streusel on Simple & Sweet Fridays. It looks delicious!
Jody
Thank you so much, Jody! :)
xo! Vanessa
Yum Vanessa! That has my mouth watering — and it’s only just breakfast time here!
Thanks for linking to a Round Tuit!
Hope you have a fabulous week!
Jill @ Creating my way to Success
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Thanks a bunch, Jill! :) I really appreciate your sweet comments!
XO! Vanessa
I’ve been determined to find a decent recipe for plum cake since leaving Germany in September last year. This looks amazing! Going to make it right now so I can have a huge slice with coffee :)
Where did you move to? ;)
How did the cake turn out? I hope you enjoyed it!
Have a wonderful week!
Greetings from Germany!
Vanessa