German Plum Coffee Cake With Almonds (pflaumenkuchen)

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1 1/2 kg fresh sweet red plums, pitted,cut into quarters
• 400 g butter
• 300 g granulated sugar
• 4 eggs
• 600 g all-purpose flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 80 g sliced almonds, toasted
• powdered sugar, for garnish

Recipe

• 1 cream together the butter and the sugar until smooth.
• 2 add eggs,one at a time,blending well after each addition.
• 3 mix together the flour, baking powder,and cinnamon in a separate bowl.
• 4 add flour mixture to the butter mixture in small batches, just enough to moisten all of the dry ingredients (do this with a whisk or wooden spoon, not with an electric mixer).
• 5 add the lemon juice.
• 6 grease a jelly roll pan (or large rimmed cookie sheet) and press batter into the pan, spreading evenly over entire surface.
• 7 sprinkle the plums over the batter.
• 8 bake in a preheated 175 c oven for 50 minutes or until tests done.
• 9 sprinkle with toasted almonds slices and dust heavily with powdered sugar.
• 10 cool and cut into squares to serve.