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Zwetschgen Datchi (Bavarian Plum Cake)  
CRUST:  
1
6
1
piece fresh yeast  
1/4 tablespoons sugar  
cup hot milk  
Pinch salt  
1
3
1
3
1
/2 tablespoon canola oil  
ounces butter  
/2 tablespoon vanilla sugar  
1/2 cups cake flour and flour to work the dough  
egg  
Mix the fresh yeast with 2 tablespoons of the sugar and reserve. Mix into  
the hot milk the remaining sugar, salt, oil, butter, vanilla sugar and half  
of the cake flour in a bowl of a kitchen aid mixture or food processor, mix  
at low speed for 1 minute. Add the egg. Add the yeast/sugar mixture. Add the  
remaining cake flour and mix well at low speed until all ingredients are  
incorporated. Let rise at a warm place until dough doubles. With a rolling  
pin, roll out the dough to fit a 12 by 17−inch cake pan, which is lightly  
buttered and dusted with flour.  
TOPPING:  
3
1
2
1
2
3
2
to 4 tablespoons hazelnut flour  
1/2 pounds of ripe plums  
tablespoons sugar  
tablespoon ground cinnamon  
tablespoons bread crumbs  
/4 cup almond slivers or almond sticks  
to 3 tablespoons butter  
Preheat oven to 360 degrees. Sprinkle hazelnut flour over the dough. Cut the  
plums open but not in half, remove the pit and cut a small insert into the  
top. Layer standing on top of the dough. Mix sugar, cinnamon, and bread  
crumbs and sprinkle over the plums. Top with almonds and butter. Bake on the  
second shelf from the bottom for 45 minutes to 1 hour at 360 degrees in a  
regular oven or for 45 minutes at 300 degrees in a convection oven. Let  
cool, serve by itself, or with whipped cream, ice cream, or cinnamon creme  
fraiche.  
Zwetschgen Datchi (Bavarian Plum Cake)  
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