German Plum Cake

Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 90 min
Servings: 16
Yield: 16 servings

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

1 cup white sugar
1/4 cup butter, softened
2 eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
25 plums, pitted and halved
2 cups brown sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
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.