German Plum Cake with crumbles

Ingredients

• 100 ml milk
• 15 g fresh yeast
• 250 g flour
• 30 g sugar
• 1 packet of vanilla sugar 8g
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 pinch of salt
• some lemon zest
• 5 drops of almond flavour extract
• 30 g butter
• extra butter and flour for the pan
• 1.4 kg plums
• 50 g biscuit crumbs
• 30 g sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon powder
• 80 g flour
• 60 g sugar
• 70 g butter
• 1 packet of vanilla sugar (8g)
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 pinch cinnamon

Instructions

1. 1

   Heat the milk until it's lukewarm in a small saucepan

2. 2

   Transfer to a large bowl and dissolve the yeast in it.

3. 3

   Add the rest of the ingredients except the butter and knead into a dough.

4. 4

   Add the butter and knead the dough for about 2 minutes until the butter is fully processed.

5. 5

   Cover the dough with a kitchen towel and let it rest for about 30 minutes.

6. 6

   in the meantime, wash the plums, cut them in half and de-stone them

7. 7

   Mix the cinnamon and sugar

8. 8

   Grease a baking pan with butter and sprinkle with the flour.

9. 9

   extra butter and flour for the pan

10. 10

    Roll out the dough and place in the cake tin - up to about half of the edge of the rim

11. 11

    Sprinkle with the biscuit crumbs and top up with the plums

12. 12

    The cut surface of the plums should point upwards.

13. 13

    Sprinkle with 3/4 of the cinnamon sugar.

14. 14

    Melt the butter in a small saucepan.

15. 15

    Mix the flour, sugar, vanilla sugar, salt and cinnamon in a bowl and then add the melted butter.

16. 16

    Rub/crumb the dough with your fingers into sprinkles.

17. 17

    Spread the crumble evenly over the plums and pour the rest of the cinnamon sugar mixture over it.

18. 18

    Preheat the oven to 175 °C and let the cake rest again for 10-20 minutes in the meantime.

19. 19

    Bake the Plum cake for about 35 minutes until golden brown

20. 20

    Let it cool on a cooling rack, and if you want, serve it with some whipped cream. (highly recommend it)