Sauces

Lightning Butter Cake with Plum Jam

by Editorial Staff

Summary

Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 35 mins
Total Time 50 mins
Course Baking
Cuisine European
Servings (Default: 1)

Ingredients

For the dough:

  • 1 cup whipped cream, 200 g
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 packet vanilla sugar
  • 1 pinch (s) salt
  • 3 egg (s)
  • 1 ½ cup flour
  • 0.5 ½ pack baking powder

For covering:

  • 125 g butter
  • 0.5 ½ cup sugar
  • 6 tablespoon milk
  • 200 g flaked almonds
  • 1 cup plum jam e.g., from Zentis
Lightning Butter Cake with Plum Jam
Lightning Butter Cake with Plum Jam

Instructions

  1. First of all: The cream cup is used for measuring.
  2. Pour the cream into a mixing bowl. Wash and dry the mug.
  3. Whip the cream until stiff. Beat in the sugar, vanilla sugar, salt and eggs. Mix the flour and baking powder, sieve and stir in briefly. Spread the dough on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
  4. Pre-bake in a preheated oven at 175 ° C top / bottom heat or 150 ° C convection for approx. 15 minutes.
  5. Take the tray out of the oven.
  6. Melt the butter in a saucepan for the topping. Stir in sugar and milk and mix well. Fold in the almond flakes.
  7. Spread the plum jam with a tablespoon in shallow heaps on the pre-baked dough. Spread the almond glaze evenly on the cake. Bake the cake for another 20 minutes at the same temperature until golden brown, remove and let cool down.
  8. It goes well with lightly whipped cream with a little cinnamon.
Editorial Staff

About Editorial Staff

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