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Plum Streusel Cake (Zwetschgenkuchen)

January 27, 2025January 27, 2025 - Sophie Leave a comment
Close up of a round plum streusel cake with one slice made and pulled slightly away from the rest of the cake.

While it is currently nowhere near plum season around here, digging out the last bags of plums from my freezer yesterday to finally turn into jam and fruit rollups has me dreaming of this plum streusel cake. Come to think of it, I have a few slices of it still wrapped and tucked in theRead more

Posted in Cakes, Pies & Tarts, Recipes - Tagged Apple, Cake, Dessert, Plum, Streusel

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German Plum Spelt Cake (Pflaumenkuchen mit Mürbeteig)

March 2, 2020March 12, 2020 - Sophie Leave a comment
Up close view of a German Plum Spelt Cake (Pflaumenkuchen mit Mürbeteig) with sliced almonds on top

As I sit here pondering what to write about this German Plum Spelt Cake I’m watching the cold rain drizzle down and leave little glistening orbs at the end of every needle on the pine tree outside the window. Kitty, as per usual, is tucked up beside me, hell bent on stealing my warmth. IRead more

Posted in Cakes, Pies & Tarts, Recipes - Tagged Cakes, German, Plums, Recipes

Traditional Plum Spelt Cake (Zwetschgenkuchen)

August 29, 2016February 14, 2019 - Sophie 6 Comments
Traditional Plum Spelt Cake | Accidental Artisan

Down the street and around the corner is our 85 year old neighbour whose prune plum tree towers above the house and all the other fruit trees sprinkled around the backyard. Mom and I headed out in the heat of the afternoon with buckets and a box to scale the tree and pick ourselves sillyRead more

Posted in Cakes, Pies & Tarts, Recipes - Tagged Cakes, Plums, Recipes
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