Bavarian Plum Cake

Name: Bavarian Plum Cake
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 5 ml/1 tsp ground cinnamon; 25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp butter, melted; icing (confectioners’) sugar, for dusting; 40 g/1½ oz/3 tbsp caster (superfine) sugar; 5 ml/1 tsp easy bake (rapid-rise) dried yeast; 2.5 ml/½ tsp salt; 675 g/1½ lb plums; 90 ml/6 tbsp milk; 1 egg; 225 g/8 oz/2 cups unbleached white bread flour

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Ultimate Bread Machine Cookbook

By Jennie Shapter

Published 2010

About

As this bakes, the juices from the plums trickle through to the base, making a deliciously succulent, fruity cake. Serve it with crème fraîche or ice cream.

Ingredients

90 ml/6 tbsp milk
1 egg
225

Method

Pour the milk into the bread machine pan and add the egg. If the instructions for your machine specify that the yeast is to be placed in the pan first, simply reverse the order in which you add the liquid and dry ingredients.
Sprinkle over the flour, ensuring that it covers the milk and egg completely. Add the ground cinnamon. Place the salt, sugar an