Plum Cake


Ingredients:

the yeast dough:

  • 1/2 lbs. flour 
  • 1 oz. fresh yeast 
  • 3 1/2 oz. butter 
  • 2 eggs 
  • 3 teaspoons of sugar 
  • 1 cup milk 
  • 1/2 lemon (the rind, grated) 

topping:

  • 3 1/4 lbs. damson plums (rinsed, pitted) 
  • 5 teaspoons of sugar 
  • 1 teaspoon of cinnamon 
  • 2 teaspoons of butter (to grease the cookie sheet) 
  • breadcrumbs 

Directions:

  1. Sieve the flour into a mixing bowl. 
  2. Make a dent in the middle and crumble the fresh yeast into it. 
  3. Mix slightly and leave for an hour. 
  4. Then add all the other ingredients for the dough and form a firm yeast dough. 
  5. Grease a cookie sheet and dust it with breadcrumbs.On it, roll out the dough 
  6. to about finger thick. 
  7. Along the edges, pull up the dough to form a rim. 
  8. Top the tart with tightly arranged plum halves (at a slight angle). 
  9. Dust with cinnamon, and bake at medium heat for 40 to 45 minutes. 
  10. Once done, dust with sugar.