Pflaumenkuchen - German Damson Plum Tart with Crumble Topping
Pflaumenkuchen - German Damson Plum Tart with Crumble Topping

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This German fruit tart is a simple way to use the freshest stone fruit of the season. Damson plums (Zwetschgen in German) work best for this recipe, but regular plums are fine. Regular plums are a little juicier though, so add some extra.

Pflaumenkuchen - German Damson Plum Tart with Crumble Topping is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Pflaumenkuchen - German Damson Plum Tart with Crumble Topping is something that I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have pflaumenkuchen - german damson plum tart with crumble topping using 17 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Pflaumenkuchen - German Damson Plum Tart with Crumble Topping:
  1. Get 600-700 g Damson plums or Prunes, stoned and quartered
  2. Prepare Dough:
  3. Take 250 g flour
  4. Make ready 3 g instant yeast or 10 g fresh yeast
  5. Get 225 ml lukewarm milk
  6. Prepare 1/2 beaten egg (25-30 g)
  7. Prepare 30 g soft butter
  8. Prepare 25 g vanilla sugar (or sugar + beans from 1/4 vanilla bean)
  9. Prepare 1/4 tsp lemon zest
  10. Prepare 5 g salt
  11. Prepare Crumble topping:
  12. Get 60 g Butter
  13. Prepare 60 g Sugar
  14. Prepare 60 g Flour
  15. Prepare 60 g Ground almonds (or use 60 g more flour for nutless version)
  16. Take 1/4 tsp cinnamon
  17. Make ready 1/2 tsp lemon zest

It is super suuuuper soft and has so many juicy plums in it, not forgetting that crunchy crumble topping. If you would ask me, I would say this is the real coffee cake perfection! Pflaumenkuchen (Plum Cake) is a very popular dish among Germans. My husband loves it so I made this recipe.

Steps to make Pflaumenkuchen - German Damson Plum Tart with Crumble Topping:
  1. Mix all the ingredients for the dough until it's workable enough to knead. Knead for 5-10 minutes until fairly smooth. Form into a ball, cover and let rise for 1 hour.
  2. Cut butter for topping into small cubes. Mix all other crumble toppings in a bowl, add butter and use fingertips to crumble everything together until you have little balls of buttery crumbles. Cover and put in refrigerator for at least 45 minutes or longer if making later.
  3. Grease you baking sheet or round pan. Roll out the dough into a circle (or rectangle) to fit the size of your pan.
  4. Lay the dough into the pan and cover with plastic. Let rest for 15 minutes.
  5. Meanwhile preheat oven to 200C/400F (if using a fan or convection oven then 180C/350F)
  6. Lay out the quartered pieces of plum on top of the dough.
  7. Lastly, sprinkle the crumble topping on top.
  8. Bake for 30 minutes. The first 10 minutes, bake at 200C/400F (for fan oven use 180C/350F). After the first 10 minutes reduce the heat to 180C/350F (for fan oven, 160C/320F). Bake until the crumbles are golden yellow and crisp, and crust is light brown. Adjust the baking time if needed.
  9. Let cool for a few minutes before eating. Also nice with a little whipping cream or vanilla custard sauce :) This is also tasty when completely cooled.

Also the topping didn't really seem to serve a purpose and just sat on top of the batter without seeming to cook or incorporate into cake. German Plum Streusel Cake Recipe -Pflaumenkuchen mit Streusel. I love to use Italian Plums, because they are not overly juicy. For the topping I used all almond flour and sprinkled it all with some raw sugar. The streusel topping did not cook like regular streusel because of the almond flour.

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