Sunday, August 28, 2011

Streusel Damson Plum Cake / Zwetschgendatschi








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Zwetschgenkuchen, a delectable German Plum Cake, also called Sommerkuchen-summer cake, or Zwetschgendatschi is available during the late summer during the damson plum harvest. Datschi, presumably come from a southern German dialect datschen or detschen, means to press in, is a sheet cake (could be prepared in a springform pan too) made with a yeast dough or short pastry, and very often has a streusel topping, which is similar to a crumble. Streusel comes from the German word streusen, to scatter, which is how the topping is applied to the cake.
The recipe is adapted from daheim und unterwegs - wdr.



CakeStreusel

  • 400 g All purpose flour
  • 2 tsp Baking powder
  • 160 g Cold butter, cut into small pieces
  • 90 g Sugar
  • 1/2 tsp Lemon peel, finely grated
  • 2 Small eggs
  • 2 tbsp Milk
  • 1200 g Damson plums

  • 125 g Sugar
  • 150 g Butter
  • 200 g Flour
  • 3/4 tsp Cinnamon powder (optional)




  1. Place all the ingredients for the crust in a bowl, mix them well to form a dough. Chill the dough, wrapped well with a plastic film, for 1 hour.
  2. Meanwhile, wash and dry the damson plums. Cut them open and remove the stones. Grease a 28cm springform pan. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F. Remove the dough from the fridge and press it onto the bottom of prepared pan. Lightly press the damson plums into the crust.
  3. Use a fork or spoon to combine all the topping ingredients until mixture is like coarse cornmeal. Taste and adjust cinnamon to your liking. Sprinkle streusel topping over the damsons.
  4. Bake the cake in the center of hot oven for about 45-55 minutes until done and beautiful golden brown. Cool in the pan on a wire rack 10 minutes. Unmould and serve at room temperature.






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