Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, pflaumenkuchen / zwetschgendatschi: german plum cake. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look 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.
Pflaumenkuchen / Zwetschgendatschi: German Plum Cake is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Pflaumenkuchen / Zwetschgendatschi: German Plum Cake is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. 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:
- Prepare Dough
- Prepare 120 ml milk (1/2 US cup)
- Get 1 tsp active dry yeast
- Take 4 Tbsp sugar
- Take 250 g flour (about 1 US cup)
- Make ready 30 g butter, softened (2 Tbsp)
- Make ready 1 pinch salt
- Prepare Topping
- Get 400-450 g Prunes or dark plums (about 1 lb)
- Get 2 Tbsp quick oats or breadcrumbs for dusting dough
- Make ready 1 tsp cinnamon
- Prepare 1 Tbsp sugar
- Prepare 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.
Depending on which region of Germany you're in, it's called Zwetschgenkuchen, Zwetschgendatschi, Quetschekuche or Pflaumenkuchen. I know, they're all tongue-twisters :) This German plum cake tastes better than any fancy bakery cake and is hard to beat in terms of prep time and simplicity of ingredients. You probably already have everything in the pantry and it comes together quickly too. Just remember to take the ingredients out of the refrigerator in time.
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 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 :)
The German plum cake comes out of the oven perfectly risen, with super juicy pockets of plums, tart. This cake has to be juicy! There are existing several names for this type of frutit cake in Germany: Zwetschgenkuchen, Pflaumenkuchen and in Bavaria Zwetschgendatschi. Zwetschgen is the German name for Damson plums. Submit a Recipe Correction German Plum Kuchen- Pflaumenkuchen.
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