Black Plum Blitzkuchen
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Plum Blitz Kuchen, or 'lightning cake' is a vintage German snacking cake recipe from the 1931 edition of Joy of Cooking. It's a quick and easy, as the name suggests, and really delicious for breakfast, brunch, coffee break or anytime snacking. Customize it with almost any fruit you like.
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Ingredients
topping mixture
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 Tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 cup pecans chopped
cake
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 egg large
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 cup 1 stick, unsalted butter, at room temperature (the butter must be truly soft)
- 1 1/2 cup plums don't peel, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F
- Grease a 9x13 pan.
- Mix the topping ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Beat in the eggs, milk, and vanilla for 2 minutes, then beat in the softened butter.
- Spread the batter in the prepared pan, and then top evenly with the cut plums. Sprinkle the sugar and nut topping evenly over everything.
- Bake for 20-28 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Check on the early side, you don't want to over bake this cake.
Notes
- On layer cakes like this can be easily over baked, so check on it on the early side.
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