This German recipe is like a cross between a cake and a cobbler - very moist. I originally got it from my non-German mother! It's a wonderful way to use fresh plums when they're in season.
Ingredients for Küchen
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup all-purpose flour, sifted
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 tsp baking powder
1 stick unsalted butter, melted
pinch salt
10 fresh plums - peel on, pitted and halved
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup all-purpose flour, sifted
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 tsp baking powder
1 stick unsalted butter, melted
pinch salt
10 fresh plums - peel on, pitted and halved
Ingredients for Topping
1/2 lemon, juiced
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp cinnamon
1 tsp lemon zest (grated lemon rind)
1/2 lemon, juiced
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp cinnamon
1 tsp lemon zest (grated lemon rind)
Steps for Küchen
- Cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
- By hand, stir in the eggs, salt, baking powder, and flour.
- Pour batter into a 9-inch springform pan.
- Place plums on top of the batter, with the skin-side facing up.
- Mix sugar and cinnamon together and sprinkle on top of the cake
- Dribble the lemon juice over the sugar/cinnamon mixture.
- Bake küchen for one hour at 350° F. Cool it a bit before removing from springform pan.
