Sand Pie with Plums and Cinnamon

A tasty idea – a cake with a shortbread base, fresh plums and aromatic cinnamon. Preparing such pastries is quite simple – and a tasty addition to tea is guaranteed.

Servings: 6

Cook: 1 hour 5 minutes

Ingredients

• Plums – 400 g
• Butter – 115 g + 1 teaspoon for preparing the mold
• Sugar – 175 g
• Flour – 140 g
• Baking powder – 1 teaspoon
• Eggs – 2 pcs.
• Salt – 1 pinch
• Ground cinnamon – 1 teaspoon

Directions

1. Place the soft butter in a deep bowl. Add 150 g (4/5 cups, 200 ml) sugar.
2. Beat butter with sugar for 2-3 minutes.
3. Pour in flour (140 g – a little more than one glass with a capacity of 200 ml) and baking powder. Mix.
4. Add eggs and salt.

   

5. Beat again with a mixer until smooth, 1-2 minutes.
   Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
6. Grease a baking dish (mine is 26 cm in diameter) or cover with parchment.
   Put the dough into a mold, flatten.
7. Wash the plums, cut in half and remove the seeds.
8. Place plums on top of the dough, cut up and press in slightly.

   

9. Mix the remaining sugar (25 g – 1 tbsp) with cinnamon and sprinkle the plums on top.
10. Bake the pie in the oven at 180 degrees for 45 minutes.

    

11. Cut the plum and cinnamon shortcrust cake into portions and serve.

Bon Appetit!