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Plum Torte (Coffeecake)

Name: How to cook Plum Torte (Coffeecake) - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Adam Janowski

Plum Torte (Coffeecake)

This recipe is a variation on one that has regularly appeared in the New York Times, usually in September, and reminds me of coffeecakes my Polish grandmother and aunt would make when I was a child. It is based on the use of prune plums, which, here in Florida, are difficult to find. So, when I spot them in the supermarket, I have to make this torte. Please know that you can use other stone fruit, such as peaches, nectarines, or regular plums, you just have to cut them into smaller pieces. This recipe calls for prune plums that are halved.

Ingredient

Food ration :

8 servings

Cooking time :

1 hr 30 min

24 halves

pitted purple plums (these are the small prune plums)

1 tablespoon

lemon juice

1 cup

all-purpose flour, sifted

1 teaspoon

baking powder

1/4 teaspoon

salt

3/4 cup

sugar

1/2 cup

unsalted butter

1/2 teaspoon

vanilla

eggs

1/4 cup

sugar combined with 1 teaspoon cinnamon, divided

2 tablespoons

confectioners’ sugar, sifted (optional)

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Heat oven to 350 degrees.

* Step 2

Line a spring form pan, preferably 10 inches, with parchment paper. Spray with baking spray.

* Step 3

Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt.

* Step 4

Cream the sugar and butter in a bowl. Add the flour, baking powder, salt and eggs and beat well.

* Step 5

Spoon the batter into the pan and place on cookie sheet.

* Step 6

Sprinkle the plum halves with about 1 tablespoon lemon juice, and combine with about 1 tablespoon of the cinnamon sugar mixture.

* Step 7

Place the plum halves skin side up on top of the batter.

* Step 8

Sprinkle remaining combined cinnamon and sugar over plums and batter.

* Step 9

Bake approximately one hour. Remove and cool. This cake can also be served lukewarm with whipped cream.

* Step 10

When cake is cool, dust with confectioners’ sugar before serving if desired (I like it as is, but the confectioners' sugar makes the cake pretty for company.

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