Plum And Pinon Coffee Cake Recipes

EASY PLUM COFFEE CAKE-SUMMER DESSERT

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350F(180C).
• Slice the plums in halves and remove the stone.
• Place the plums in a bowl and sprinkle them with sugar and cinnamon, then mix them gently. Set aside.
• Separate the eggs.
• Mix the egg yolks with the rum flavor, then add the oil mixing continuously until incorporated. Set aside.
• With a mixer, beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt to a soft peak, then add sugar, and vanilla. Keep beating the egg whites to a stiff peak.
• Incorporate the egg yolks by folding them gently with a spoon.
• Incorporate the flour also, gently, folding it from the bottom of the bowl to its surface.
• Do not overmix.
• Butter and flour a 10x14 inches pan and pour the mixture into it. Spread it with a spatula.
• Place the plum halves on top of the batter and bake at 350F/180C for 40-45 minutes.
• Let it cool in the pan, then sprinkle the cake with powder sugar and cut it in squares.
• Serve with coffee.

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 AND PINON COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Make streusel: Put all streusel ingredients in a bowl. Using a pastry cutter or two knives, blend until mixture resembles coarse meal. Refrigerate.
• Make crumb topping: Put all topping ingredients in a bowl. Using a pastry cutter or two knives, blend until mixture resembles coarse meal. Refrigerate.
• Make cake: Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Butter and flour a 10-inch tube pan. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together into a medium bowl; set aside.
• Put butter and granulated sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Cream on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add beaten eggs in two batches, mixing well. Mix in one-third of flour mixture. Mix in half of sour cream. Repeat with remaining flour and sour cream. Stir in plums by hand.
• Pour half of the batter into prepared pan; sprinkle with streusel. Top with remaining batter. Pour vanilla on top. Bake 20 minutes. Sprinkle with crumb topping; bake until golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes more. Let cool on a wire rack. Unmold. Dust with confectioners' sugar.