German Plum Cake Kuchen

Ingredients:
1 stick of butter ( 125 grams)
3 eggs
3/ 4 - 1 cup (100 grams) sugar, depending on how sweet you like it.
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons AP flour (200 grams)
2 teaspoons baking powder
Lemon juice from 1 lemon , 1/4 cup
1 teaspoon vanilla
6- 8 Plums depending on size, sliced and

optional for topping:
Cinnamon
Sugar

Garnish:
Powdered sugar

Direcitions:

Pre heat oven to 350 degrees F

Assemble your ingredients.
I use a glass round or square baking dish, 10 inch spring form pan. If you only have a smaller one then
I would use less batter or the pluma will be covered. Check to see how sweet your plums are.
They may need to sweeten in a bowl with a little sugar sprinkled on them.

1. Cream the butter well, add the eggs and blend.

2. Add the sugar and blend well.

3. Add the lemon juice and blend.

4. Add the vanilla and blend, then add the flour and baking powder and mix
for a minute till well blended. Do not overmix.

5. Slice the plums. If the plums are not sweet enough
you may want to sugar the slices in a bowl and let them sweeten for 15 min or so,
So you may want to do this ahead of time.

6. Butter the pan and sprinkle flour in it to make a non stick surface.

7. I put about 1/2 inch of batter into the pan.
If your pan is smaller than 10 1/ 2 inch then, put less batter in, or your plums will cover.

8. Lay the slices of plum on top.

9. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes in an 350 degree oven until a toothpick comes out clean.

Dust with powdered sugar and a bit of cinnamon if you want.

Thank you to Heike Kruegar for this recipe.