Pflaumen mohn kuchen
Ingredients
- 500 gram (a little more than 1 lb) all-purpose or pastry flour
- 1 package dry yeast
- 50 gram (close to 2 oz) butter or margarine
- 50 gram sugar
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 egg
- 1/4 l (about 1 cup) lukewarm milk
- 250 gram quark
- 2 eggs
- grated zest of 1 lemon
- 75 gram sugar
- 1 package vanilla sugar
- 25 gram cornstarch
- 1 package Mohnback (a prepackaged poppy seed baking mix in Germany)
- 750 gram plums
Instructions
Plum and poppy seed cake. Dough: Prepare yeast dough. Topping: Divide eggs, stir together quark, egg yolks, lemon zest, sugar, vanilla sugar and cornstarch. Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form and add to the quark mixture. Use Mohnback according to package directions. Pit the plums. Roll out yeast dough on a prepared baking sheet and let rise for a short wile. Top with quark, poppy seed mixture and plums in alternating rows. Bake in a 400 F oven for about 40 minutes.