Plum Kuchen
Description
This plum kuchen recipe is a German coffee cake made with fresh plums, topped with a buttery cinnamon crumble, and takes only 15 minutes to prepare.
Ingredients
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1/2 cup white sugar
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2 tablespoons margarine
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1 cup all-purpose flour
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2 eggs, beaten
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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1/4 teaspoon salt
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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10 Italian plums, halved and pitted
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1 cup white sugar
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1/2 cup all-purpose flour
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3 tablespoons margarine, melted
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1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Directions
1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 7x11-inch baking dish.
2
Beat ½ cup sugar and 2 tablespoons butter together in a bowl with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add 1 cup flour, eggs, baking powder, and salt. Beat in vanilla. Pour batter into the prepared baking dish. Add plums, skin side down, over top.
3
Mix 1 cup sugar, ½ cup flour, 3 tablespoons melted butter, and cinnamon together in a separate bowl until crumbly: spoon over batter and plums.
4
Bake in the preheated oven until plums are softened, about 35 minutes.