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🍰 Juicy Plum Cake with Crispy Crumbles

686 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 400 g flour
• 0.5 cube fresh yeast (21 g)
• 75 g sugar
• 0.2 l lukewarm milk
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 egg
• 75 g melted butter
• butter (for the baking sheet)
• 50 g biscuit crumbs (or breadcrumbs)
• 1.5 kg plums
• 2 tbsp sugar-cinnamon mixture (for sprinkling)
• 80 g flour
• 40 g ground almond kernels
• 80 g sugar
• 100 g liquid butter
• 1 knife tip cinnamon powder
• 40 g almond slices
• powdered sugar (for dusting)

Instructions

1. 1. Put the flour into a large bowl and sift it there.
2. 2. Press a small indentation into the center of the flour with your hand.
3. 3. Dissolve the yeast and one tablespoon of sugar in 4 to 5 tablespoons of milk.
4. 4. Pour the milk-yeast mixture into the well in the flour.
5. 5. Stir the mixture with a little flour to form a small pre-dough.
6. 6. Cover the bowl and let the dough rise in a warm place for about 15 minutes.
7. 7. Add the remaining milk, a pinch of salt, an egg, and the butter.
8. 8. Knead everything into a smooth dough that slowly starts to pull away from the sides of the bowl.
9. 9. Cover the dough again and let it rise for another 45 minutes.
10. 10. Preheat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
11. 11. Set the oven to the top and bottom heat function.
12. 12. Press the dough firmly again to remove air bubbles.
13. 13. Grease a baking tray thinly with butter.
14. 14. Roll out the dough on the tray.
15. 15. Make sure to create a small raised edge so nothing spills out.
16. 16. Now sprinkle the dough with the prepared crumbs.
17. 17. Wash the plums thoroughly and remove the pits.
18. 18. Cut the fruits in half.
19. 19. Arrange the plum halves in an overlapping pattern (like roof tiles) on the dough.
20. 20. Finally, sprinkle everything with a little cinnamon sugar.
21. 21. Mix the flour with the ground almonds, sugar, butter, and cinnamon.
22. 22. Rub the ingredients together with your fingers until small crumbs form.
23. 23. Fold in the sliced almonds and distribute the crumbles evenly over the plums.
24. 24. Bake the cake in the oven for about 40 minutes.
25. 25. Take the finished cake out of the oven.
26. 26. Cut it into pieces while it is still lukewarm or completely cooled.
27. 27. Dust the pieces with powdered sugar and serve.
28. 28. Add a portion of whipped cream according to your taste.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 686
• Protein: 14 g · Fett/Fat: 28 g · Carbs: 92 g