German Plum Cake
Description
This delicious German plum cake with a crumble topping is delicious on its own or even better with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Ingredients
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1 cup white sugar
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1/4 cup butter, softened
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2 eggs
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2 cups all-purpose flour
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2 teaspoons baking powder
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25 plums, pitted and halved
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2 cups brown sugar
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2 cups all-purpose flour
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1/2 cup cold butter, cut into cubes
Directions
1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
2
Beat white sugar, softened butter, and eggs together in a bowl until creamy. Whisk 2 cups flour and baking powder together in another bowl. And flour mixture to butter mixture and stir until just combined. Press mixture into the bottom of the prepared baking dish.
3
Arrange plums on top of butter mixture in the baking dish.
4
Stir brown sugar, 2 cups flour, and 1/2 cup cold butter together in a bowl until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Spread crumble mixture over plums in the baking dish.
5
Bake in the preheated oven until cake is set and plums are soft, about 1 hour 30 minutes. Cool for 1 hour before slicing.