Zwetschgenkuchen or Plum cake

Jump to recipe
German Plum cake, Zwetschgenkuchen, Pflaumenkuchen
German Plum cake, Zwetschgenkuchen can be of course made with without streusel. Here with whip cream as topping

Perfect to accompany an afternoon coffee is the Zwetschgenkuchen. You can find or pick plums from June till late September when they are ripe. In the US you can buy this oval purple fruit in some stores, they are called Italian plums.

Instead of Streusel, you can sprinkle the cake with plain sugar depending on taste. Some whip cream on top or on the side would make the plum cake complete.

This recipe is made with a yeast dough on a rectangular sheet cake pan at least 18″x12″x1″. Streusel makes this cake complete

Please follow and like us:

One thought on “Zwetschgenkuchen or Plum cake

Comments are closed.