Plum Kuchen

This plum kuchen recipe is a German coffee cake made with fresh plums, topped with a buttery cinnamon crumble, and takes only 15 minutes to prepare.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 35 mins
• Total Time: 50 mins
• Calories: 232 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 2 tablespoons margarine
• 3 tablespoons margarine, melted
• 10 Italian plums, halved and pitted
• 0.25 teaspoon salt
• 0.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 0.5 cup all-purpose flour
• 0.5 cup white sugar

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bake in the preheated oven until plums are softened, about 35 minutes.

Step 2

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 7x11-inch baking dish.

Step 3

Beat ½ cup sugar and 2 tablespoons butter together in a bowl with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add 1 cup flour, eggs, baking powder, and salt. Beat in vanilla. Pour batter into the prepared baking dish. Add plums, skin side down, over top.

Step 4

Mix 1 cup sugar, ½ cup flour, 3 tablespoons melted butter, and cinnamon together in a separate bowl until crumbly: spoon over batter and plums.