Hello, I’m Jane. Today, we’re going to prepare pflaumenkuchen / zwetschgendatschi: german plum cake recipe. Never skip today’s recipe. This is a very easy recipe to try and is one of my family food recipes. Nowadays, I’m gonna make it a bit more unique. This will be really delicious. Not to mention, it’s super satisfying.
Pflaumenkuchen / Zwetschgendatschi: German Plum Cake Recipe
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To be with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have pflaumenkuchen / zwetschgendatschi: german plum cake using 13 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Pflaumenkuchen / Zwetschgendatschi: German Plum Cake:
- Get Dough
- Make ready 120 ml milk (1/2 US cup)
- Take 1 tsp active dry yeast
- Get 4 Tbsp sugar
- Get 250 g flour (about 1 US cup)
- Get 30 g butter, softened (2 Tbsp)
- Get 1 pinch salt
- Make ready Topping
- Get 400-450 g Prunes or dark plums (about 1 lb)
- Prepare 2 Tbsp quick oats or breadcbs for dusting dough
- Take 1 tsp cinnamon
- Get 1 Tbsp sugar
- Take 1 baking tray (I used a 8 x 11 in/22 x 28 cm pan) or pie/tart dish (8-9 inches). Something similar will work.
Steps to make Pflaumenkuchen / Zwetschgendatschi: German Plum Cake:
- In a bowl, mix the flour, yeast, sugar, and salt.
- Add milk and butter and mix until the dough can be formed into a ball. If it’s too wet to handle, add a little more flour. If it’s too dry and powdery, add a little bit of milk.
- Dust a surface and your hands with flour. Knead the dough a couple minutes until the ball is smooth.
- Cover and let sit in a warm place for about 60 minutes.
- It should get almost double in size after 1 hour.
- While waiting for dough, pit and quarter the prunes.
- When dough is ready, preheat oven to 400°F/200°C and grease your baking pan/baking sheet with oil or butter. Roll out your dough into the pan (about 1 cm thick or so).
- Sprinkle dough with breadcbs or oats (to help soak up extra juice from plums)
- Layer the plums in to up right rows so it fills the entire dough sheet.
- Sprinkle the top with cinnamon and sugar.
- Put pan into center rack. Turn temperature down to 350°F/180°C and bake for 30-35 minutes, until the dough is slightly browned and prunes are starting to turn golden.
- Remove and let cool for a few minutes. Can be eat warm or room temperature. Serve plain or top with yogurt or whipped cream. Drizzle honey for an added touch of sweetness :)
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