Whole Wheat Plum Cake
A whole wheat plum cake recipe with fresh ingredients from the plum cake category. Try this and more recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 200 ml lukewarm milk
- 400 g whole wheat flour
- 1 cube fresh yeast (42 g)
- 50 g sugar
- 1 egg
- 50 g softened butter
- 2 kg dried plums (pitted)
- 180 g butter
- 100 g flour
- 180 g sugar
- 100 g ground walnuts
Instructions
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1.
In a bowl crumble the yeast and dissolve it with a little milk, stir in 2 tbsp flour and cover for about 30 minutes. Sift the remaining flour onto the work surface, make a small well and pour the pre‑mix there; quickly combine with sugar, the rest of the milk, egg and butter into a smooth dough. Transfer the dough to a bowl and let rise in a warm place for at least 1 hour until doubled.
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2.
Melt the butter over low heat, let cool. Mix flour, sugar and walnuts, add the butter and work by hand into crumbly streusel.
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3.
Knead the yeast dough on lightly floured surface, roll it out and lay on a greased baking tray. Spread the baked plums over it. Cover and let rise in a warm place for 15 minutes.
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4.
Sprinkle the streusel over the plums and bake in a preheated oven at 200 °C (middle rack) for about 35 minutes.
