The smell of freshly baked plum cake with crumbles brings back memories of cozy afternoons at grandma's. In this delicious autumn cake, juicy, sweet plums snuggle up on a light yeast dough and are covered with crispy butter crumbles. With the help of your Thermomix, you can make this popular classic in no time!
We show you how to make grandmas best plum cake with crumbles can be easily recreated – for a piece of childhood on the cake plate.
Ingredients for 1 tray
Dough:
- 350 g flour
- 3/4 cube yeast
- 120 ml milk
- 50g butter
- 50 g sugar
- 1 egg
- Salt
Surface:
- 1.4 kg plums, halved
Sprinkles:
- 300 g flour
- 150 g sugar
- 180g butter
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
And this is how it works
| Put yeast, sugar and milk in the mixing bowl |
| Start the food processor: Mix in a mixing bowl for 2 minutes / 37 degrees / speed 1 |
| Add flour, egg, butter and salt |
| Start the food processor: 3 min. / kneading level |
| Transfer dough to bowl, cover and let rise at room temperature for 1 hour |
| For the crumble, put all ingredients in a mixing bowl |
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Start the food processor: Mix for 6 seconds / speed 5 |
| Preheat oven to 190 degrees top and bottom heat |
| Place the dough on a floured baking tray, roll it out and pull up an edge |
| Cover the dough with plums, spread the crumbles on top and bake for 30-35 minutes |
WUNDERMIX ACCESSORIES USED
Dough sticks in the mixing bowl: tips and tricks
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When kneading dough in the Thermomix, dough often stubbornly sticks to the mixing bowl. These residues can be easily removed with the dough remover . If something still sticks, a simple trick helps: Fill the mixing bowl with a handful of flour and set the Thermomix to level 10 for a few seconds. This will reliably remove the remaining dough from the mixing blade. |
Plum cake or plum tart?
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Whether you say Zwetschgenkuchen or Zwetschgendatschi depends on where you come from . In southern Germany, especially in Bavaria, the delicious sheet cake with juicy plums and crispy crumbles is called Zwetschgendatschi . In other parts of Germany it is more commonly called Zwetschgenkuchen . No matter what you call it, the recipe for this sweet classic from the tray remains the same! Try it now. |
