Plum Streusel Kuchen Food

PLUM STREUSEL KUCHEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt; cut in shortening until mixture resembles fine crumbs. In another bowl, whisk egg and cream; add to crumb mixture, tossing gently with a fork until mixture forms a ball. , Press dough into a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Arrange plums over crust., For topping, in a small bowl, combine flour and sugar; cut in butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Add cream, mixing gently with a fork until moist crumbs form. Sprinkle over plums. , Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 35-40 minutes. Cool on wire rack.

PLUM KUCHEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour an 7x11-inch baking dish.
• Beat 1/2 cup sugar and 2 tablespoons margarine together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Mix eggs, 1 cup flour, baking powder, and salt into creamed margarine mixture; stir in vanilla. Pour batter into the prepared baking dish. Arrange plums, skin side-down, atop batter.
• Mix 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup flour, 3 tablespoons margarine, and cinnamon together in a bowl until crumbly; spoon over batter and plums.
• Bake in the preheated oven until plums are softened, about 35 minutes.

FRESH PLUM KUCHEN

Steps:

• In a small bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs. Combine flour and baking powder; add to the creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Add lemon zest. Pour into a greased 10-in. springform pan. Arrange plums on top; gently press into batter. Sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon. , Place pan on a baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 40-50 minutes or until top is golden and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes. Run a knife around edge of pan; remove sides. Cool on a wire rack.

PLUM KUCHEN

Steps:

• Stir together yeast and warm water in mixer bowl and let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes. (If mixture doesn't foam, start over with new yeast.)
• Add 2 cups flour, 2/3 cup sugar, salt, yogurt, egg, zest, and vanilla to yeast mixture and mix at medium-low speed 1 minute. Beat in 1 stick butter, 1 Tbsp at a time, until incorporated. Beat at medium speed until dough is smooth and shiny, about 5 minutes. (Dough will be very sticky.) Scrape down side of bowl and sprinkle dough with remaining 2 tablespoons flour. Cover bowl with a kitchen towel (not terry cloth) and let dough rise in a draft-free place at warm room temperature until doubled, 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
• Spread remaining 2 tablespoons butter in bottom of a 9-inch square baking pan and sprinkle with remaining 1/3 cup sugar. Cut each plum half into 5 or 6 slices and arrange in 1 layer pan.
• Stir dough until flour is incorporated, then spread evenly over plums. Loosely cover with buttered plastic wrap, then kitchen towel. Let rise in a draft-free place at warm room temperature until almost doubled, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 375°F with rack in middle.
• Bake until kuchen is golden-brown and a wooden pick inserted into center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool in pan 5 minutes, then invert and unmold onto a rack to cool completely.

PLUM STREUSEL COFFEECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. and butter and flour a 9-inch round or square baking pan at least 2 inches deep.
• Make streusel:
• In a food processor pulse together streusel ingredients until combined well and crumbly.
• Make cake batter:
• In a bowl with an electric mixer beat butter with sugar until light and fluffy and add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, and vanilla. Sift in flour with baking powder and salt and beat until just combined.
• Spread cake batter in pan, smoothing top, and arrange plum slices over it in slightly overlapping concentric circles. Sprinkle streusel over plum slices and bake cake in middle of oven 1 hour, or until a tester comes out clean. Coffeecake may be made 1 week ahead: Cool cake completely in pan on a rack and freeze, wrapped well in plastic wrap and foil. Reheat cake, unwrapped but not thawed, in a preheated 350°F. oven until heated through, 35 to 40 minutes. Cool cake slightly on a rack and sift confectioners' sugar over it. Serve coffeecake warm or at room temperature.

PLUM-STREUSEL KUCHEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°.
• Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.
• Place 1/3 cup flour, 1/2 cup sugar, and ground cinnamon in a food processor, and pulse the mixture 2 to 3 times.
• With processor on, slowly add the oil and corn syrup through food chute, processing until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
• Remove the streusel mixture from the food processor, and set aside.
• Place 1 1/3 cups flour, 1/3 cup sugar, baking powder, and salt in a food processor, and pulse mixture 2 to 3 times.
• Add the margarine, and process until mixture resembles coarse meal. Place margarine mixture in a large bowl.
• Combine yogurt, water, vanilla, rind, and egg, and stir with a whisk.
• Stir yogurt mixture into margarine mixture in a large bowl until blended.
• Spoon batter into a 9-inch round cake pan coated with cooking spray.
• Sprinkle half of streusel mixture evenly over batter.
• Top with plums, arranging in a circular pattern.
• Sprinkle the remaining streusel mixture evenly over the plums.
• Bake kuchen at 400° for 45 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool on a wire rack.

PLUM KUCHEN

Steps:

• In a bowl, beat the eggs, milk and butter. Combine the flour, 1/2 cup sugar, baking powder, 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon, salt and nutmeg; add to the egg mixture and beat just until combined. , Pour into a greased 9-in. round baking pan. Place plums cut side up over batter. Combine remaining sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over the top. Bake at 375° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Serve with whipped cream and sprinkle with nutmeg if desired.

STREUSEL KUCHEN A LA THOBEN

Steps:

• Dough:.
• If you don't have instant yeast, soften the yeast in the cold condensed milk.
• Mix all the dry ingredients together.
• Add softened butter and eggs to milk and mix well.
• Stir the liquid into the dry ingredients, this dough will be soft.
• Cover tightly and put into refrigerator overnight (will last up to 4 days).
• Streusels: Mix flour and sugar.
• Cut in butter.
• Stir together the egg yolk and vanilla extract.
• Add to dough and mix well.
• Remove yeast dough from refrigerator.
• Knead dough with a little extra flour about 3- 4 minutes, it should not be too sticky.
• Spread or roll on a greased cookie sheet or lined with baking paper.
• If needed make edges with folded tin foil.
• Sprinkle the streusel evenly over the cake.
• Let dough rise for in a warm place until almost doubled.
• Bake in a preheated 325ºF o 350ºF oven for 25 to 30 minutes until it turns a pale gold.

SWISS PLUM KUCHEN

Steps:

• To make the dough, combine dry ingredients in bowl and mix.
• Add the butter cut into small pieces.
• Rub into the dry ingredients until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
• Add eggs and mix until the dough forms a ball.
• Wrap the dough and chill.
• For the almond filling, using blender (or food processor), grind the almonds with the sugar until fine.
• Add the almond extract and butter and mix until smooth.
• Add eggs one at a time.
• Add flour and mix well.
• Roll the dough out on a floured surface and line a greased flan dish/tin.
• Trim the edge.
• Spread evenly with the filling.
• Remove stones from plums and slice into quarters.
• Arrange sliced plums cut side up on top of filling.
• Scatter the sliced almonds evenly over the plums.
• Bake at 300'F for about 45 minutes, until the dough is baked through and the filling is set.
• Cool in flan dish/tin on a rack.
• Serve sprinkled with icing-sugar (confectioner's sugar).

GERMAN PLUM CAKE WITH STREUSEL

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 10-inch springform pan.
• Lay plum slices flat in a single layer on paper towels to dehydrate slightly while you prepare the cake.
• Prepare almond crust: Mix almonds and sour cream in a saute pan. Gently saute over medium heat, being careful not to overcook, until almonds are lightly toasted, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and add salt. Crush almonds manually into smaller pieces and distribute evenly across the bottom of the prepared pan.
• Prepare batter: mix marzipan and softened butter in a large bowl until mostly well blended. Mix in 6 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon sugar and lemon zest until well combined. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
• Whisk 1 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons flour with baking powder in a separate bowl. Gradually mix dry ingredients into wet ingredients until well combined.
• Place large spoonfuls of batter over the almond crust. Use the spoon to carefully push the top of the batter from the center of the pan outwards towards the edges, spreading evenly and being careful not to displace the almonds.
• Arrange multiple layers of plum slices over the batter, pressing down a bit after each layer, except the top one; you will likely have 3 to 4 plum layers.
• Prepare streusel: Mix sugar, melted butter, and vanilla in a bowl until well combined. Blend in 3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon flour by hand until crumbly. Sprinkle streusel evenly over the cake.
• Bake on the center rack of the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Start checking for doneness at about 48 minutes, though it may take 10 minutes longer if the plums are very juicy. Do not overcook the streusel layer.
• Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Remove sides and let cool completely before serving, about 30 minutes.

KAREN'S OPEN PLUM KUCHEN

Steps:

• Combine unsifted flour, sugar and salt in bowl. using a pastry blender cut in butter into flour mixture.
• beat egg yolk and milk lightly;
• blend into flour mix.
• press to bottom and sides of 8" square pan (or pie dish).
• sprinkle crumbs over dough.
• toss plums with lemon juice; press into dough.
• sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon mixture;.
• dot with butter.
• bake at 375 for about 45 minutes, until crust browns and fruit is tender. cool a little before serving. best served warm.

PLUM-TOPPED CHOCOLATE KUCHEN

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the plums, wine and honey; let stand 30 minutes., Meanwhile, grease bottom and 1 in. up the sides of a 9-in. springform pan with 1 tablespoon butter. Sprinkle with 3 tablespoons hazelnuts. Place pan on a baking sheet; set aside., Preheat oven to 375°. In a microwave, melt chocolate and remaining butter; stir until smooth. Cool to room temperature. In a large bowl, combine eggs, 2/3 cup sugar and milk. Add chocolate mixture. Combine flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda; gradually add to chocolate mixture just until combined. Transfer to prepared pan. , Drain plums, reserving 2 tablespoons liquid. Arrange plums over batter; drizzle with reserved liquid. Combine cinnamon and remaining sugar and hazelnuts; sprinkle over top., Bake 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Carefully run a knife around the edge of pan to loosen. Serve warm or cold. Garnish with whipped cream and confectioners' sugar if desired.

PLUM KüCHEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan. Sift flour, baking powder, 1 teaspoon cinnamon and salt into small bowl. Using electric mixer, beat 6 tablespoons butter with 2/3 cup sugar in large bowl until well blended. Beat in eggs 1 at a time, then extracts. Beat in dry ingredients in 3 additions alternately with sour cream in 2 additions. Spread batter in pan.
• Arrange plum wedges on their sides in 4 long rows atop batter. Mix 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and 1/4 cup sugar in small bowl. Sprinkle over plums. Melt 2 tablespoons butter. Drizzle over kuchen.
• Bake kuchen until tester inserted into center of cake comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Transfer pan to rack. Cool until just warm, about 30 minutes, or to room temperature. Cut into 4 lengthwise strips. Cut each strip crosswise into thirds.