Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, pflaumenkuchen / zwetschgendatschi: german plum cake. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
While plums can be found in stores throughout the year, in celebration of plum season I want to share a traditional German plum cake with you. Depending on which region of Germany you're in, it's called Zwetschgenkuchen, Zwetschgendatschi, Quetschekuche or Pflaumenkuchen. I know, they're all tongue-twisters :) Great recipe for Pflaumenkuchen / Zwetschgendatschi: German Plum Cake.
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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have pflaumenkuchen / zwetschgendatschi: german plum cake using 13 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Pflaumenkuchen / Zwetschgendatschi: German Plum Cake:
- Make ready Dough
- Take milk (1/2 US cup)
- Prepare active dry yeast
- Get sugar
- Get flour (about 1 US cup)
- Make ready butter, softened (2 Tbsp)
- Prepare salt
- Get Topping
- Make ready Prunes or dark plums (about 1 lb)
- Make ready quick oats or breadcrumbs for dusting dough
- Make ready cinnamon
- Prepare sugar
- Take 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.
This traditional German plum cake is one of my favorite autumn cakes, one of the most popular cakes in Germany. Nothing speaks more of autumn, crisp air, and delicious cakes than this amazing Zwetschgenkuchen, a typical streusel cake or Pflaumenkuchen mit Streusel. Any German person who bakes has probably baked this plum cake before. Variations in German plum cake This cake goes by a few different names (pflaumekuchen, zwetschgenkuchen) depending on where you are, and has some variations in how you make it as well.
Instructions 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 breadcrumbs 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 :)
Some have streusel on top, others don't and the base varies. Fall seasonal recipes highlights Pflaumenkuchen (also known as Zwetschgenkuchen) is a delicious German Plum Cake made with a simple, sweet yeast dough, layered with ripe plums and sprinkled. 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.
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