German plum cake (Pflaumenkuchen)
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Plums are early this year and it’s been a good year for all the fruits. We especially enjoy this vegan plum cake. The cardamom gives it a very nice spicy flavor.
Serving Size: 8
Ingredients:
- 1 teaspoon dry yeast
- 1 tbs. warm water
- 3 cups self rising flour
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 & 1/2 tbs. baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoons salt
- 1 & 1/4 cups vanilla soy milk
- 6 tbs. melted vegan margarine
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 8 plums, cut quarters
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
Directions:
- Dissolve yeast in warm water. Set aside.
- Combine flour, 1/2 cup sugar, baking powder and salt.
- Stir in soy milk, 5 tbs. melted vegan margarine, vanilla and yeast.
- Pour dough into a rectangle about 1/2″ thick on a oiled cookie sheet.
- Cover dough with the plum wedges (set them slightly “standing up”) .
- Brush plums with remaining tbs. of melted vegan margariner.
- Combine 1/4 cup sugar and cardamom.
- Sprinkle over top of cake.
- Bake at 375~ 30 to 40 min, or until center tests done.
Notes:
The batter should be somewhere between a stiff liquid and a dough you can roll with a rolling pin.
adapted from
http://www.recipesource.com/baked-goods/desserts/cakes/21/rec2114.html
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oooh that looks very tempting!
I was actually googling for vegan plum cake three days ago but didn’t find a recipe that resembled what I was looking for. I had about 40 litres of plums at home and I’va made jam and boiled plums in syrup with most of them but I still want to make some cake. Thise recipe is pretty much what I was looking for. Thanks, I’ll be making some tonight!
Your recipe looks absolutely fantastic! And your photos are beautiful.
…is that whipped cream or do you have a recipe for a dairy-free version of that too?
I’m so glad to have “met” you through the dairy-free round up.
Hi, I’m considering making this cake but am confused by your directions. When you read # 4, it says to pour the batter onto a greased cookie sheet yet your picture would have one believe it was baked in a 9×13 pan. The final result appears to be much too high to have been baked in a cookie sheet. Please comment?
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WOW, this looks delicious. I can’t wait to try it!
Hi Hilda,
you are right, this cake cannot be baked on a cookie sheet. Furthermore, 8 plums are even not quite enough to be baked in a bread pan.
I have baked this cake many times and simply used a package of white or yellow cake mix, put it in a 9×13 pan, or even one size larger, using about 2 lbs. or plums, cut to remove stone and then slized the edges of the plum three times on each size. Put plums, skin side down on dow and then baked as per instruction of the cake mix, but check every once in a while to see if it is done. It may take a bit longer.
When completely done but not cooled, use a fork and prick the entire surface of the cake and add sugar using a table spoon. The sugar will desolve.
Heidi