Plum Kuchen

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Servings: 12
Yield: 12 servings

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

1/2 cup white sugar
2 tablespoons margarine
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
10 Italian plums, halved and pitted
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons margarine, melted
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.