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🍰 Juicy Plum Cake with Vanilla Cream

225 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 125 g spelt wholemeal flour
• 125 g spelt flour (Type 630)
• 4 eggs
• 50 g soft butter
• 1 pinch salt
• 120 ml milk (3.5% fat)
• 75 g honey
• 21 g yeast (0.5 cube)
• 800 g plums
• 1 vanilla pod
• 250 ml sour cream
• 1 sprig mint

Instructions

1. 1. Put flour, one egg, butter, and a pinch of salt into a large mixing bowl.
2. 2. Heat milk and 30 g of honey in a small saucepan until lukewarm.
3. 3. Crumble the yeast into the lukewarm milk and stir well.
4. 4. Pour the yeast milk into the mixing bowl with the other ingredients.
5. 5. Mix everything with the dough hooks of a hand mixer until you have a smooth dough.
6. 6. Cover the bowl with a clean kitchen towel.
7. 7. Let the dough rise at room temperature for about 1 hour until it has doubled in size.
8. 8. Lightly flour your work surface and roll out the dough.
9. 9. Place the dough in the baking pan and press it against the bottom and sides.
10. 10. Wash the plums, halve them, and remove the pits.
11. 11. Cover the dough evenly with the plum halves.
12. 12. Slice the vanilla pod lengthwise and scrape out the seeds.
13. 13. Whisk the sour cream with the remaining eggs, honey, and vanilla seeds.
14. 14. Pour the vanilla cream mixture evenly over the plums.
15. 15. Preheat the oven to 180 °C (160 °C with fan or gas mark 2–3).
16. 16. Bake the cake for about 45 minutes.
17. 17. Perform the skewer test to check if the cake is fully baked.
18. 18. Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool down.
19. 19. Wash the mint and shake it dry.
20. 20. Cut the cake into pieces and garnish with the mint.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 225
• Protein: 6 g · Fett/Fat: 10 g · Carbs: 27 g