Plum Cake with Walnut Crumble

Ingredients

• 0.5 cube fresh yeast (≈21 g)
• 160 ml lukewarm milk
• 400 g flour
• 80 g sugar
• 1 egg
• 80 g softened butter (in small pieces)
• 1.5 kg plums
• 120 g butter
• 100 g flour
• 100 g sugar
• 100 g ground walnuts

Instructions

1. 1.

   Crush the yeast in a bowl and dissolve it with a little milk, then stir in 2 tbsp of flour and cover for about 30 minutes to rise. Sift the remaining flour onto a work surface, make a small well, and pour the pre‑mix into it. Quickly combine with sugar, the rest of the milk, egg, and butter to form a smooth dough. Transfer the dough to a bowl, cover, and let rise in a warm place for at least 1 hour until doubled.

2. 2.

   Wash, halve, and pit the plums. Melt the butter over low heat, then cool. Mix flour, sugar, and walnuts; add the cooled butter and work with your hands into crumbs.

3. 3.

   Knead the yeast dough on lightly floured surface, roll it out, and place on a greased baking sheet. Arrange the plums in a tiled pattern on top. Cover and let rise again for 15 minutes in a warm spot.

4. 4.

   Preheat the oven to 180 °C (350 °F) with both fan and conventional heat.

5. 5.

   Sprinkle the crumble over the plums and bake in the preheated oven for about 45 minutes.

6. 6.

   Remove, allow to cool, cut into pieces, and serve.