Pflaumenkuchen mit Streusel bedeckt

Plum Cake covered with Streusel.

Growing up in a small village in East Germany, it was my job to take our unbaked cake to the local bakery.  A slip of paper, with our name on it,  would be attached to the cake pan.  A few hours later our cake was ready.  Saturday was the only day that the entire town could take their unbaked cakes to the bakery.
  The Baker didn't need his large oven until Sunday night.  


A few years ago, while traveling in Portugal, we followed
wonderful smells in a small village on a Sunday morning.  Not knowing Portuguese I thought for a minute that the Baker just didn't understand what we wanted.  He kept showing us different dishes and shaking his head.  Then it dawned on me that the very same custom was being observed in Portugal,  as it had been in my little farm village.  

So many smiles and so many handshakes followed... but no Sunday Meal. 

I could never resist unbaked Streusel and would eat a few on the way to the Baker, not many, because my Mother would know. 

Now that my own plums are ripe I can bake Pflaumenkuchen with lots of  Streusel on top.  If I sneak a few Streusel before the cake is baked no one will be the wiser.  But a good Pflaumenkuchen must have plenty of Streusel on top. 

Plum Cake, use your own yeast recipe or follow the one listed below.  

Simple Yeast Dough

1 pkg of dry yeast

2 Tb warm water

1/2 cup warm milk

1/2 stick of butter (melted) 

3 Tb sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1 egg beaten (room temperature) 

2 cups flower

Combine yeast and water in a bowl, let stand for 15 minutes

Add all other ingredients

Turn dough out on board and knead for a few minutes, adding flour as needed.  

Place in bowl and let rise until doubled (about an hour) in size.   

Pit and half about 4 dozen Italian plums (or similar), add a cup of sugar and let  macerate while dough is rising.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Press yeast dough into large and buttered cookie sheet.  Add plums in rows, cut side up and close together.  

Sprinkle 1/2 to 3/4 cup of sugar on top of plums (depends on how sweet they are).   Add lots of Streusel on top of cake.

Bake at 375 degrees for 45 to 50 minutes or until crust is golden brown.  

Streusel

Mix 1 stick of UNSALTED butter at room temperature with  1/2 cup of sugar and 1 cup of  flower. Mix with your hands until crumbly. 

Have a great weekend my dear 

Blogging Friends. 

Gina