Plum Kuchen

Name: Plum Kuchen
Cuisine: Germany
Ingredients: 85g/3oz butter, softened; 85g/3oz brown sugar; 25g/1oz ground almonds; 115g/4oz brown flour; pinchof baking powder; 2 egg yolks; 150ml/¼ pint sour cream; 1 tbsp cinnamon; 750g/1½lb ripe Victoria plums, cut in half and stoned

Appears in

Two Fat Ladies

By Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Dickson Wright

Published 1998

About

This German delight is full of cream and plums and is very good with a cup of excellent coffee.

Ingredients

115g/4oz brown flour
pinchof baking powder

Europe
Germany
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl, rub in the softened butter, add the almonds and 55g/2oz of the brown sugar, mix. Press the mixture firmly into a buttered