VIDEO: Plum cake with puff pastry

Plum cake is popular in summer

Plum cake is juicy and tasty, which is why it is a hit on the coffee table every midsummer.

• For your plum cake, you should use plums that are firm and ripe, because they taste best and you can really enjoy the fruit in the puff pastry.
• It is important to wash the plums just before they are used; the white film protects the fruit naturally from drying out. Always cut the plums open with a sharp kitchen knife and remove the core, but do not cut yourself.

When baking, it loses fruit relatively few juice, therefore plums are wonderfully suitable for baking and the base stays nice and crispy.

A quick recipe with puff pastry

To make it quick and easy, use puff pastry from the supermarket. Making your own puff pastry is too time-consuming.

1. Wash the plums, then remove the stones and cut them open as usual so that the fruit becomes quarters that are still connected to each other.
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2. In the meantime, let the puff pastry thaw, preferably roll it out to the size of the tray. Line the baking sheet with parchment paper.
3. Now place the thawed puff pastry on the baking sheet lined with baking paper. Let that dough Stand up on the edges and corners so that the juice is not lost.
4. Line the dough with the plums, making sure that the plums are evenly and densely distributed.
5. Then sprinkle sugar over your plum cake and bake it in the preheated oven at 180 ° C for 30 minutes.

Have fun baking and enjoy your meal.