Polish Fresh Plum Cake Placek Z Sliwkami Recipes

PLACEK Z SLIWKAMI - POLISH PLUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 175 ºC / 350 ºF.
• Grease an oven dish (20 cm x 30 cm / 8 in x 12 in) or grease a baking tray and line with parchment paper.
• Cream butter with sugar, vanilla and lemon zest.
• Add eggs one by one, add salt and mix until combined.
• At a lower speed, mix in the flour and baking power in increments.
• Add milk and sour cream and mix until combined.
• Pour the batter in the prepared oven dish or baking tray en lightly push in the halved plums.
• Put butter, sugar and cloves into a small bowl and using two knives, cut and mix until combined.
• Crumble the butter mixture onto the plums.
• Bake for roughly 40 minutes till golden brown and a skewer comes out clean.

POLISH FRESH PLUM CAKE--PLACEK Z SLIWKAMI

Steps:

• Lightly coat a 13"x9" pan with cooking spray. Heat oven to 350 degrees. In large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and 3/4 cup sugar. Add 1/2 cup softened butter, milk and eggs. Beat at medium speed 4 minutes.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Place plums on top, cut side up, pushing down slightly into batter.
• Cut remaining 1/4 cup sugar and cloves into 3 tablespoons cold butter and sprinkle over plums. Bake about 40 minutes or until a toothpick tests clean.
• Let the cake cool in the pan so the plum juices will be reabsorbed to create a moist cake. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar, if desired, and cut into 12 squares.

FRESH PLUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350/180/Gas 4 and grease a round 9 inch/24cm pan.
• Toss chopped plums (or other fruit) with 1 tablespoon flour.
• In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt and set aside.
• In a large bowl, beat cream cheese to soften then beat in brown sugar.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating throughly after each addition.
• Add half the flour mix to the cheese mix and fold then add the yogurt and stir to combine.
• Add the rest of the flour mix and beat until smooth.
• Fold in the floured plums.
• Spread batter into prepared pan and bake for around 30 minutes.

POLISH QUICK CAKE WITH FRUIT (PLACEK Z OWOCAMI)

Steps:

• Beat butter and sugar until smooth an creamy. Add 1 egg at a time, alternating with flour and beat well until blended.
• Pour batter into grease 9 x 13 pan.
• Arrange fruit such as sliced peaches, apples dusted with cinnamon or plums sliced in half on top of cake so it's well distributed.
• Bake at 350°F 30 - 40 minutes until cake is golden. Cool and dust with icing sugar.
• Be sure every guest gets a nice slice of fruit on top!

DROZDZOWKA (POLISH YEAST PLUM CAKE)

Steps:

• In a saucepan over very low heat, warm up 1/2 cup of milk to no more than 100 degrees F (38 degrees C); stir in 1 tablespoon of flour and 1 tablespoon of sugar. Remove from heat and transfer to a bowl. Crumble the cake yeast into the milk mixture, and gently stir until the mixture becomes creamy. Cover the pan with a cloth, and set aside in a warm place until the yeast forms a spongy texture, 20 to 30 minutes.
• Melt margarine in a saucepan over low heat; remove from heat and allow to cool to lukewarm.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish, and sprinkle with bread crumbs.
• Place eggs and 1 1/8 cup sugar into a blender, and process until the mixture is yellow and fluffy. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together 8 cups of flour with vanilla sugar. Stir in the egg mixture, activated yeast mixture, and lukewarm margarine; start kneading 1 cup milk, or as needed, into the dough, a little at a time, until the dough stops sticking to your fingers and becomes smooth and even. Knead for at least 15 minutes, working to incorporate as much air as possible into the dough as you knead.
• Press the dough evenly into the prepared baking sheet, and arrange the plums over the top of the dough. Set aside.
• In a bowl, cut together 1 1/2 cup flour, the butter, and 1/2 cup of sugar with a pastry cutter until the mixture resembles fine crumbs; sprinkle the streusel mixture over the plums. Dust streusel with cinnamon, if desired.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes.

FRESH PLUM CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugars together in a mixing bowl.
• Add applesauce and vanilla, beating until fluffy.
• In a separate bowl, combine dry ingredients and add to sugar mixture alternately with milk.
• Stir in plums and walnuts, if desired.
• Spread into a greased 13 x 9 baking pan or a loaf pan and bake at 350 F or 160 C for about 35 minutes (a loaf pan may require slightly longer) or until a toothpick inserted near the centre comes out clean.
• Serve as is, or with a dollop of whipped cream on top.