Tuesday, 6 September 2011

Plum Cake, Plums and Plum Jam

Today was spent in the kitchen with the plums I picked yesterday.  There was  Pflaumen Kuchen (Plum Cake) and Pflaumenmus (Plum Jam) on the go made from the 5kg of plums I picked yesterday.  The plums are actually Zwetschgen that I understand are traditionally used for Pflaumen Kuchen. 

Plum Cake or Pflaumen Kuchen

Plums

Plum Weighing

Plum cake - soon to be

Plum Jam - Pflaumenmus - Ingredients

German Plum Cake - Pflaumen Kuchen

There's still lots and lots of plums out there on the tree so I'll be searching for more plum recipes unless there are any recommendations? 

Luckily I love this cake it's a yeast dough base covered with plums then topped with a crumble mix it's not the family recipe - that's in German and translating the Pflaumentmus recipe was enough for me today and so I followed Nigella Lawson's German Plum Cake recipe from Domestic Goddess.  I actually prefer my plum cake with more plum in relation to the dough base so I'll be modifying the recipe next time.

I was in Berlin at this time last year and I ate lots of Pflaumen Kuchen - actually I spent an awful lot of time enjoying Kaffee und Kuchen and I can't wait till my next visit.  The Plum Cake is lovely served with a big dollop of cream and a coffee I'm sure I'll be snacking on it tomorrow.

3 comments:

  1. My sister in law made a delicious chicken and plum dish for us last weekend. I could ask her for the recipe if you like the sound of it? That plum cake looks spectacular!!
    p.s I have finally got all the ingredients ready to make your gingerbread recipe. I was going to make it this evening but my baby fell asleep on me and I have just been gazing at him instead! Definitely on my list for tomorrow!

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  2. Ailey if you have the recipe for the chicken and plum that would be great I made another plum cake this weekend so a main with plums would be great. Hope you enjoy the gingerbread the baking and the eating!

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  3. Made the gingerbread on Saturday and oh my, it was worth the wait!! Absolutely delicious! Just about to polish off the last wee bit now! I'll ask my sister in law for the chicken recipe and email it to you. Thanks again for the delightful gingerbread recipe!

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