German Plum Cake

Name: German Plum Cake
Ingredients: Cake:; 1 cup white sugar; 1/4 cup butter, softened; 2 eggs; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 25 plums, pitted and halved; Crumble Topping:; 2 cups brown sugar; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1/2 cup cold butter, cut into cubes

11 ingredients

5 steps

Ingredients

Cake:
1 cup white sugar
1/4 cup butter, softened
2 eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
25 plums, pitted and halved
Crumble Topping:
2 cups brown sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cold butter, cut into cubes

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
2

Beat white sugar, softened butter, and eggs together in a bowl until creamy. Whisk 2 cups flour and baking powder together in another bowl. And flour mixture to butter mixture and stir until just combined. Press mixture into the bottom of the prepared baking dish.
3

Arrange plums on top of butter mixture in the baking dish.
4

Stir brown sugar, 2 cups flour, and 1/2 cup cold butter together in a bowl until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Spread crumble mixture over plums in the baking dish.
5

Bake in the preheated oven until cake is set and plums are soft, about 1 hour 30 minutes. Cool for 1 hour before slicing.